Monday, January 31, 2022

Dean on Powery on Students Hearing Their Callings


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Writing in the Chronicle, Chapel Dean Luke Powery uses the example of the Prophet Jeremiah to talk about the importance of students living out the “why” of their lives.

“Vocation is not about a goal I pursue but a calling or voice that I hear; it has to do with listening,” Dean Powery writes. “Your purpose, your ‘why,’ is also about speaking.”

“The process of living into your ‘why’ is not necessarily a linear path but will most likely be a zigzag road,” he says.

“Listen for a voice that will lead you out into the deep,” he writes. “You might say, ‘I can’t,’ but the voice calling you out into the deep waters of joyous purpose says, ‘Yes, you can.’”

Read the article.