Callings

Do You Need a Map, or Just the Road? -- by Kathryn Lorenzen

Sorting through my sister’s garage recently, I stumbled across something I recognized immediately – my mother’s leather portfolio full of...

It's Labor Day! Do You Know Where Your True Work Is? -- by Kathryn Lorenzen

As the last 25 years of my life have been largely focused on people’s relationships with their work, I’ve always held a special place in...

7 Reasons to Say Yes to the Big Picture Retreat

There's a whole lot of travel going on this summer, perhaps some even involving you and a slew of planes, trains, and automobiles. Yet...

Dude, Look! That Old Lady's Gonna Play the Guitar -- by Kathryn Lorenzen

Several years ago, I played rhythm guitar with a wonderful local rockabilly band, Miss Major and Her Minor Mood Swings. We built a nice...

Seize the Day -- by Kathryn Lorenzen

When my mother was diagnosed with fast-moving macular degeneration in her 80s, she knew she might not have her vision much longer. Mom...

Finding What You Thought Was Lost -- by Kathryn Lorenzen

At some point in our lives, many of us arrive at a reckoning. The scenarios are different, but some version of a question can show up:...

Faith, Fear, and Finding Your Real Work With Gregg Leovy -- by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

“Faith and fear both need to be brought to the bargaining table to hammer out an agreement between them,” Gregg Levoy says of finding the...

What's All This About Callings? -- by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Once poetry took hold in my life, I thought "that's all she wrote," but sometimes another calling comes in through the backdoor. When I...