The Call Toward Joy

I have wrapped my life around a sense of call. I want to believe that every aspect of my life—my relationships, my parenting, my job, my day-to-day-life-as-maintenance tasks, my citizenship and my church life—looks different because I try to follow the way of Jesus.

Which doesn’t mean that call has always loved me back. Sometimes I feel I have been waiting for my call all my life. Other times, I’m sure I have lived past my call. There are days I even wonder if the idea of call isn’t a great Christian delusion born of the human desire to make life meaningful when we are merely surviving as best we can on this orphan speck in the universe.

Call has a beautiful and holy ring to it. But for the most part, my call has seemed ordinary and muddled and even self-invented.

What does Christian vocation actually look like in the crazy grind of daily life? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the March/April issue of Horizons.

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Dee Dee Risher lives and writes in Philadelphia. This year she feels she has wings because for the first time in seven years, her children are both big enough to bike at normal speed.

Afternoon Break, 2000 by Colin Bootman ,oil on canvas. Colin Bootman/Bridgeman Art Library

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What does Christian vocation actually look like in the crazy grind of daily life? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the March/April issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the March/April 2008 issue (HZN-08-210; $4 plus shipping).	The Call Toward Joy by Dee Dee Risher I have wrapped my life around a sense of call. I want to believe that every aspect of my life—my relationships, my parenting, my job, my day-to-day-life-as-maintenance tasks, my citizenship and my church life—looks different because I try to follow the way of Jesus. Which doesn’t mean that call has always loved me back. Sometimes I feel I have been waiting for my call all my life. Other times, I’m sure I have lived past my call. There are days I even wonder if the idea of call isn’t a great Christian delusion born of the human desire to make life meaningful when we are merely surviving as best we can on this orphan speck in the universe. Call has a beautiful and holy ring to it. But for the most part, my call has seemed ordinary and muddled and even self-invented. What does Christian vocation actually look like in the crazy grind of daily life? Find out by reading the full text of this article in the March/April issue of Horizons. Call (800) 524-2612 or subscribe to Horizons or order the March/April 2008 issue (HZN-08-210; $4 plus shipping). Dee Dee Risher lives and writes in Philadelphia. This year she feels she has wings because for the first time in seven years, her children are both big enough to bike at normal speed. Afternoon Break, 2000 by Colin Bootman ,oil on canvas. Colin Bootman/Bridgeman Art Library Other Articles Online This Issue Vocation—Who, Me? PLSE: A New Program Helps Young Presbyterians Catch the Beat of Christian Service The Call Toward Joy God Called, I Answered! Am I a Leader? God Has Done Great Things for Me! It Hurts to Be Real "God Has a Task for Me to Finish!" Toward a More Colorful Vision of Vocation Installation Service for Presbyterian Women Dispatch from Forbearance Presbyterian Church Nurturing Our Faith Health Connections Mosaic	Current Issue MAR/APR 2008 About This Issue Contents FREE Resource How to Use In Our Next Issue Items underlined can be seen in this Web site, all others appear in the March/April 2008 (HZN-08-210) issue of Horizons magazine. to Horizons, call (800) 524-2612 or this issue ($4 plus shipping/handling)

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