October 06, 2009
Can You Hear Me Now? Confessions of a Spy in a Greenhouse of Hope
I have become a spy in my own congregation. As a part of a research project in partnership with Calling Congregations, I have begun carefully observing our practices and our language for the past 6 months. I’m watching for the ways we invite our people—young and old—into Christian vocation. I have begun to hear the words calling and vocation popping up all over the place. I have no way of knowing whether they are used more frequently than before, but I’m noticing them now.