In the Bible, God does indeed call folks—some folks, no less than—to specific work, and gives all folks numerous kinds of steerage for his or her work. We will discover biblical accounts of these calls” in depth. Although scripture seldom truly uses the phrase call” to describe God’s guidance to jobs, occupations, or tasks, these occurrences within the Bible do correspond to what we usually mean by a vocational calling.” So, as a preliminary answer, we will say sure,” God does lead folks to explicit jobs, occupations, and kinds of work.
In this dialog, along with so many others, I come again to the issues I first discovered in Dr. Steve Garber’s excellent e book, Fabric of Faithfulness, which argues that sustainable faith comes from having a coherent worldview, mentoring relationships and community. As I take into consideration motherhood as a vocation from this lens, I can see the place …