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Tap into your vocation

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Tap into your vocation

We commonly think of “vocation” as only our job or career—that is, what we do to provide for ourselves and our family. But from a standpoint of faith, vocation is what we do in response to the gospel. It has implications that are both broad (What does God want from my life?) and narrow (How can my faith inform my specific role as co-worker/cousin/citizen/spouse, etc.).

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