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Engaging NetVUE’s Big Read with Students in the Classroom

In “Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling,” Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore discusses the complexity of vocations, highlighting their potential for both meaning and pain. A recent webinar featuring faculty from NetVUE institutions explored themes of the book, emphasizing engagement in undergraduates’ understanding of callings amid modern challenges.

In Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the “double-edged” quality of our callings, grappling honestly with how we live out our vocations in all their complexities. As affirming and generative as they can be, “deeply meaningful callings,” she writes, “are also often painful!” On November 13, four faculty members from NetVUE institutions explored this issue (and many more) as they discussed Miller-McLemore’s recent contribution to vocation studies, which also serves as NetVUE’s Big Read this year. In their discussion, they reflected on ways to engage this book with undergraduate students in the classroom and how its major themes can help them understand and contextualize the challenges that come with callings to work and live in a fast-paced, modern society.  

Webinar presenters included (left to right) Brian Bowman, Deirdre Egan-Ryan, Jason Mahn, and Brad Pardue.
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Scriptural Reasoning for Vocational Reflection

On October 22, a NetVUE webinar led by Nick Adams discussed Scriptural Reasoning, focusing on engaging faculty, staff, and students. Presenters included experts in theology and higher education. The session addressed practical aspects and campus partnerships, concluding with participant questions. In 2026, NetVUE will host a series of Scriptural Reasoning Training Hubs.

On October 22, NetVUE’s scriptural reasoning coordinator, Nick Adams, led a webinar on the tenets of Scriptural Reasoning and ways to implement this program successfully. The discussion with his co-presenters explored various ways to engage faculty, staff, and students in this work, focusing on the technical aspects of the practice, its connection to chaplaincy and community building, important campus partnerships, and ways to engage students. As NetVUE institutions continue to explore how to augment their vocational and other educational efforts through Scriptural Reasoning, NetVUE is pleased to support this work and will host several Scriptural Reasoning Training Hubs in 2026.

Webinar presenters included (left to right) Nick Adams, Ashleigh Elser, Kelly Schaefer, and Khan Shairani.
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The NetVUE Big Read: Exploring Our Callings to Higher Education

NetVUE’s first webinar of the academic year, held on September 16, featured Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore discussing her book, “Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling.” Participants explored the challenges of vocational discernment in higher education. Additional resources were shared for implementing vocational support on campuses through NetVUE’s Big Read program.

Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore

When we explore and discern our vocations, we often wrestle with both the joys and hardships that we face in the many roles we play in life. NetVUE’s first webinar of this academic year explored this topic on September 16, and featured Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, the author of this year’s Big Read, Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies About Calling. As she discussed her book, she used insights from it to help participants contextualize and understand the challenges that we all face as we live out our callings to work in higher education. The discussion also provided context for colleagues as they being to engage their campuses in the Big Read.

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The Vocation of Citizenship for the Common Good

The NetVUE webinar on March 25 focused on the vocation of citizenship, urging community engagement for the common good. Speakers Michelle Hayford, Christine Jeske, and Meghan Slining discussed advocacy, mutuality, and compassionate pedagogy, respectively. The session included participant questions and shared additional resources for further exploration of these themes.

The vocation of citizenship encourages individuals to engage actively in their communities, prioritizing the well-being of the collective. By addressing shared challenges, citizens contribute to the common good and help shape a more sustainable future. On March 25, NetVUE hosted a webinar that focused on various ways to explore this topic with students, as well as staff and faculty. In it, the featured speakers discussed their experiences and their recent contributions to  Called Beyond Ourselves: Vocation and the Common Good.

Michelle Hayford (left), Christine Jeske (center), and Meghan Slining (right).
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