School of Purpose

How can Christians find their calling in life? There's lots of teaching in the Church about God's "general" will-that is for all people. What about God's "particular" will-His individualized plans for a specific person?
Chase Davis is the pastor of a thriving church in Boulder, Colorado. He's also a deep thinker-having recently authored the book Trinitarian Formation. He has both personal and professional insight into how Christians find purpose and calling in life. In this episode, he shares how to think about these issues, and he gives practical advice on finding one's calling.
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Finding purpose and identity in God
• Feeling called to participate in a local church
• The difference between a general and particular calling
• The value of getting feedback from others
• The first question that Chase asks people when they want to know their calling

Chase's links:
LinkedIn
Website
Book
The Well Church

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What, exactly, is meaning? How can we continually find it in our physical and spiritual world?
Alex Pattakos is one of the world's leading experts in the study of meaning. He founded the Global Meaning Institute and is a scientist and philosopher. Guess who encouraged him to write a book about meaning? Viktor Frankl himself! Alex has thought deeply and lived fully when it comes to meaning. He shares his insights with us.
In this episode, you'll learn about

• Finding meaning in every moment
• Definitions of meaning and purpose
• Logotherapy as developed by Viktor Frankl
• Why leadership is always spiritual
• Why awareness is the entry point into meaning

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What is it like to being willing to go wherever your sense of purpose takes you?
Steve Sorensen has been wine grower, film maker, executive, and, now, a highly successful mandolin maker. He's been willing to go wherever his interests take them, and he's created a rich, purposeful life in which each stage prepares him for the next. This week he tells us his story.
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• The twists and turns in life that happen when we pursue purpose
• How our natural skills and abilities can show us our purpose
• When it's time to leave a job that doesn't feel purposeful
• How starting a hobby can lead to purpose
• How purpose can organically grow with what we're doing

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would enjoy hearing from you.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at [email protected]

Have you seen that Venn diagram about purpose that's popular online these days? It has four circles, and in the middle is the word ikigai. We're told this is a Japanese word for purpose.
Well, it turns out that this Venn diagram, as with much of what we see online, is not accurate. Ikigai is a Japanese word, and it does relate to purpose, but it has a much richer meaning than being the overlap of four circles. In fact, the Venn diagram was created by someone who actually didn't really know what ikigai is.
Here to set us straight is Nick Kemp. He has lived in Japan and studied the concept of ikigai with those scholars who know it best. In this interview, he shares what he's learned about it and its implications for his life. Nick's work in this area is so impactful that once he started teaching about it, he received requests from people around the world to train them in it. This started Ikigai Tribe.
In this episode, you'll learn about:

• How ikigai relates to what makes life worth living
• The relationship between ikigai and social roles
• The importance of daily living in ikigai
• Why feelings are the most important indicators of ikigai
• Seven things we should all experience to have full ikigai

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would enjoy hearing from you.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at [email protected]

A commonly expressed reservation about discovering purpose is that it's limited to the well-to-do. This mini-lesson explores how purpose is relevant to the poor and how poverty affects the attainment of purpose.
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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would enjoy hearing from you.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at [email protected]