NetVUE’s podcast Callings has concluded its fourth season with the release of its annual bonus “Highlights” episode. Featuring clips from this season’s interviews, it offers students, in particular, ways to think about vocation and the search for purpose and meaning in their lives from multiple perspectives. These excerpts not only give listeners a chance to hear some of this season’s gems, but also provide faculty with brief reflections that might be useful for classroom activities, or engaging points of departure for anyone working with undergraduate students in other settings.
The highlights in this episode explore a range of themes, from encouraging us all to cultivate a profound sense of rightness in ourselves, our bodies, and the larger world, as well as attending generously to how we muddle through the challenges that we face. Guests encourage students to resist fear, worry less, and take supported risks, emphasizing the power of building resiliency and the belief that we can meaningfully address the injustices in the world. Focusing on valuing who we are, rather than what we do, the episode also points to the power of accountability and love in our vocational journeys. It features guests Parker Palmer, Norman Wirzba, Katharine Hayhoe, Shirley Hoogstra, Miroslav Volf, Sarah Bassin, Anantanand Rambachan, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Geoffrey Bateman, and Christi Belcourt.
Click hereto listen to the fourth season’s bonus episode of highlights.
Geoffrey W. Bateman is the editor of Vocation Matters.