Virtues & Vocations, Part 30: Finding Your Vocation

About this episode

A conversation with Karen Swallow Prior about finding your vocation and the distinction between passion and calling.

Episode Topic: Finding Your Vocation Listen in to a conversation with Karen Swallow Prior, author of You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the Good, True, and Beautiful, about the difference between passion and calling, and how to find meaning in your work. Featured Speakers: Karen Swallow Prior, Bethel SeminaryRead this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: https://go.nd.edu/8a3d3c. This podcast is a part o...

People in this episode

Guest: Karen Swallow Prior

Topics covered

• vocation
• meaning in work
• passion vs calling
• conversation
• education

Keywords

• vocation
• calling
• passion
• meaning
• work
• education
• conversation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bethel Seminary, University of Notre Dame

Books & works: You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the Good, True, and Beautiful

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