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Vocation Stirmel 1
What is our Christian Vocation?
Rebecca Stirmel
ADU-301-Foundations of Academic Success
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Vocation Stirmel 2
Many people wear many different hats. All of us are truly more than what we appear. In this article that we read by Steven Degner, we are reminded of the depth of our character and what God truly intended by creating each of us in his image. The article speaks of vocation, what that means and how we define our vocation. Most people would think of vocation as a Godly calling. That is where this article leads us and provides direction on what that means to us in our everyday spiritual lives. I will speak to my vocation(s) and how my calling from God relates to my education and my life in general. A call that I have received is the call to live in a family. God has provided me with a husband and two children. Together my husband and I are in charge of bringing our children up in the Lutheran faith and showing them how to live in a God pleasing way. My husband and I have taken vows to be faithful and loving to each other and show our children what it means to submit to another. We show them honor to God by going to church. My family has now expanded to include my school family and all those I will come into contact with along my educational journey. The call to work makes you think of your job that you go to everyday. This call is so much more than that. It really means that you put God in everything you do. It states in the article that Christianity values the material world because God created it and saw that it was good. My decision to come to Wisconsin Lutheran for school was a personal one and provides me with
What is our Christian Vocation?
Rebecca Stirmel
ADU-301-Foundations of Academic Success
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Vocation Stirmel 2
Many people wear many different hats. All of us are truly more than what we appear. In this article that we read by Steven Degner, we are reminded of the depth of our character and what God truly intended by creating each of us in his image. The article speaks of vocation, what that means and how we define our vocation. Most people would think of vocation as a Godly calling. That is where this article leads us and provides direction on what that means to us in our everyday spiritual lives. I will speak to my vocation(s) and how my calling from God relates to my education and my life in general. A call that I have received is the call to live in a family. God has provided me with a husband and two children. Together my husband and I are in charge of bringing our children up in the Lutheran faith and showing them how to live in a God pleasing way. My husband and I have taken vows to be faithful and loving to each other and show our children what it means to submit to another. We show them honor to God by going to church. My family has now expanded to include my school family and all those I will come into contact with along my educational journey. The call to work makes you think of your job that you go to everyday. This call is so much more than that. It really means that you put God in everything you do. It states in the article that Christianity values the material world because God created it and saw that it was good. My decision to come to Wisconsin Lutheran for school was a personal one and provides me with
References: Degner, S. (2006). Understanding Our Calling: The Doctrine of Christian Vocation in the Holy Scriptures. Symposium on Vocation; Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.