#BestoftheBestFriday: Medical Missions, Rethinking Calling, and Top Posts from A Life Overseas

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Let’s Rethink Our Language of Calling

Greg Handley writes,

Growing up among Baptists, I learned a language of “calling.” People would say “I feel called to _____,” and our church would pray and send them on their way. I praise God for good desires and God’s grace to send these saints. But I’m convinced we need to expand our vocabulary of calling.

…in my view, the calling language—at least how I usually hear it applied—creates an unhealthy expectation. The language itself moves us away from clear revelation to some other necessary experience.

Handley outlines three practical dangers with our current language–and four helpful suggestions for a new paradigm. Check out his thoughts here.

Most-read articles: A life overseas

For years, the collective bloggers at A Life Overseas have been encouraging those who’ve already…gone, served, loved (still doing so). They’ve recently published a “Table of Contents” of sorts of all their most-read posts, with a lot of classic topics for those of you wondering about life on the other side. Check ’em out here!

Whatcha think?

We’re not really that big into monologue over here. Fill our comments with conversation! We’d love to hear your thoughts on the changing world of global work.

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After seven years on staff with Cru, Janel and her husband packed up their family of six to--yup, Go. Serve. Love in Uganda with Engineering Ministries International (EMI). EMI focuses on poverty relief and development, providing structural design and construction management for Christian organizations in the developing world. After 5.5 years there in East Africa, Janel and her family recently schlepped back to the U.S., where they keep working on behalf of the poor. She writes and loves on her family from Colorado. You can find more of her ideas for practical spirituality and loving each other at AGenerousGrace.com.