{"product_id":"you-have-a-calling-finding-your-vocation-in-the-true-good-and-beautiful-9781587436659","title":"You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhat if your vocation doesn't align with your passion?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome people are lucky enough to get paid to do what they love. But many are not. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYou Have a Calling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning author Karen Swallow Prior has encouraging news: If you pursue the good, true, and beautiful in all your work, you will find your greatest fulfillment. In this book, you'll discover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- how knowing the crucial difference between passion and calling transforms how you view work;\u003cbr\u003e- how to finding meaning in every role, regardless of your career; and\u003cbr\u003e- how everyday work reflects the image of God through truth, goodness, and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an age when passion and calling are often confused, Prior helps you understand that passions come from within, while your calling, or vocation, comes from without and is about being called by others to serve. That crucial distinction can help you understand how God can use both your passions and our work, even if for different purposes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will appeal to everyone who wants to know that their daily work, ordinary though it may be, can fulfill a higher calling to God. You will gain a renewed sense of purpose, knowing you are created for virtue in all you do because you are created in the image of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Swallow Prior\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, SUNY Buffalo) is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Have a Calling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Evangelical Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Reading Well\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFierce Convictions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBooked: Literature in the Soul of Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eCultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues \u003c\/i\u003eand has contributed to numerous other books. Prior is a frequent speaker, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, a research fellow at \u003ci\u003eComment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand a monthly columnist at Religion News Service.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552909328658,"sku":"9781587436659","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac2a9526-27f7-4b1b-a248-d97840e1e6cb.jpg?v=1754911982","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-have-a-calling-finding-your-vocation-in-the-true-good-and-beautiful-9781587436659","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}