calling & vocation

By Ann Boyd

Our 1925 bungalow kitchen opens onto what was once a small porch and is now a small, poorly-insulated mudroom — a “three-season room.” In the summer, we can tolerate the heat waves that emanate from that space, but in the winter...

By an anonymous graduate student

A graduate student shares her story of studying under a toxic adviser and the spiritual truths she learned from the experience.

By Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

“I’m not doing it for the money,” I told anyone who asked. I had chosen to work in the nonprofit sector as soon as I graduated from college, regardless of school loans or my sudden thrust into financial independence....

By Claire Rebecca Galloway

Claire Galloway wrestles with the challenge to give generously not only of her money, but of her time as well.

By Julie M. Dahl

I have had the conversation hundreds of times. A fellow academic asks me what my field is and then follows up with the inevitable question: “Are you faculty?” Off campus, the question takes a slightly different...

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