Discussion

Thread 1
Complete the “Calling Card 1” assignment and post both sides of your card into the first thread for module 1. Provide no more than one paragraph of explanatory description of your card (module objectives 1 and 4). Then post a reply to three other cards analyzing how each reflects the person’s purpose(s) and calling.

Be sure to employ the definitions for “purpose” and “calling” provided by Building Your Knowledge 1. Also, select for analysis cards that have few or no analyses posted to them.

Thread 2
This course explores four periods in the history of Christianity and the key questions at stake during those periods on the topic of vocation. Identify two of the questions from the reading that are most interesting to you and then explain why they are so interesting (module objective 2). Then, in the second paragraph, discuss in general the practice of looking to the past for guidance in the present. Do you find doing so helpful or problematic? Why?

Thread3
Select three of the biblical stories from Callings, pp. 13–20 (module objective 3).

1- Analyze each story in terms of the following:
a – Who was called?
b- By whom was the call issued and through what means?
c-To what was the individual called? To a task? To a job/position? To a perspective or belief? (These categories are not mutually exclusive)
d- Who/what benefits from a response to the call?
e- How does the call fit into the larger plan of God at work at the time of the call?
2- Compare the stories
a. How are the stories similar?
b. How are they different?
3) Synthesize the above data into a concluding statement
a. How do these stories illustrate a biblical concept of calling?

Finally : Journal

Write about what you learn in this model