Sacred Vocation Overview
01
You Are Created to Work
Question 1
How have I personally defined “work” up to this point in my life?
Question 2
What has most shaped my understanding of work — family, culture, faith, experience?
Question 3
Where do I experience work as life-giving? Where does it feel draining?
Question 4
Do I see my work primarily as obligation, ambition, calling or something else?
Question 5
If work is something I was created for, how might that reshape my mindset?
Reflection Questions
Question 1
How have I personally defined “work” up to this point in my life?
Question 2
What has most shaped my understanding of work — family, culture, faith, experience?
Question 3
Where do I experience work as life-giving? Where does it feel draining?
Question 4
Do I see my work primarily as obligation, ambition, calling or something else?
Question 5
If work is something I was created for, how might that reshape my mindset?
Topic 1
What exactly is work?
Topic 2
How do you define your vocation and who are in your vocational life?
Topic 3
What tensions do you feel when you hear the statement, “You are created to work”?
Topic 4
Why do you think work so easily shifts from gift to burden?
Topic 5
How does our culture’s view of retirement shape how we see work?
Topic 6
What does a restored “You are created to work” look like in our world? What difference would that make in our places of vocation?
Discussion Topics
Topic 1
What exactly is work?
Topic 2
How do you define your vocation and who are in your vocational life?
Topic 3
What tensions do you feel when you hear the statement, “You are created to work”?
Topic 4
Why do you think work so easily shifts from gift to burden?
Topic 5
How does our culture’s view of retirement shape how we see work?
Topic 6
What does a restored “You are created to work” look like in our world? What difference would that make in our places of vocation?
02
You Are More Than Your Work
Question 1
When have I most tied my identity to my performance?
Question 2
How do I react internally when I succeed? When I fail?
Question 3
What signals tell me I may be over-identifying with my work?
Question 4
Where am I tempted to measure my worth by productivity?
Question 5
What would it look like to truly believe I have intrinsic worth?
Reflection Questions
Question 1
When have I most tied my identity to my performance?
Question 2
How do I react internally when I succeed? When I fail?
Question 3
What signals tell me I may be over-identifying with my work?
Question 4
Where am I tempted to measure my worth by productivity?
Question 5
What would it look like to truly believe I have intrinsic worth?
Topic 1
Why is it so easy to confuse what we do with who we are?
Topic 2
Where is the line between healthy ambition and self-consumption?
Topic 3
Do organizations genuinely treat people as more than output? Why or why not?
Topic 4
How does this value impact leadership, culture and burnout?
Topic 5
When we have a restored view of our intrinsic value, what changes can we expect to see in our vocational life?
Topic 6
What practical shifts could help us live from intrinsic worth instead of earned worth?
Discussion Topics
Topic 1
Why is it so easy to confuse what we do with who we are?
Topic 2
Where is the line between healthy ambition and self-consumption?
Topic 3
Do organizations genuinely treat people as more than output? Why or why not?
Topic 4
How does this value impact leadership, culture and burnout?
Topic 5
When we have a restored view of our intrinsic value, what changes can we expect to see in our vocational life?
Topic 6
What practical shifts could help us live from intrinsic worth instead of earned worth?
03
Your Vocation is Sacred
Question 1
How do I define “vocation”? Is it limited to my job?
Question 2
Do I currently view my work as sacred? Why or why not?
Question 3
Where have I seen work treated as disposable or transactional?
Question 4
What does sacredness change about how I approach excellence?
Question 5
How does technology influence how I see the meaning of my work?
Reflection Questions
Question 1
How do I define “vocation”? Is it limited to my job?
Question 2
Do I currently view my work as sacred? Why or why not?
Question 3
Where have I seen work treated as disposable or transactional?
Question 4
What does sacredness change about how I approach excellence?
Question 5
How does technology influence how I see the meaning of my work?
Topic 1
What does it actually mean to call work sacred?
Topic 2
Is this idea only meaningful for religious people or does it have broader relevance?
Topic 3
Where do we see the sacredness of work violated in today’s culture?
Topic 4
How might AI or automation challenge– or refine– this idea?
Topic 5
What ripple effects might occur if more people treated their vocation as sacred?
Discussion Topics
Topic 1
What does it actually mean to call work sacred?
Topic 2
Is this idea only meaningful for religious people or does it have broader relevance?
Topic 3
Where do we see the sacredness of work violated in today’s culture?
Topic 4
How might AI or automation challenge– or refine– this idea?
Topic 5
What ripple effects might occur if more people treated their vocation as sacred?
04
Your Character Matters Most
Question 1
When has my character been tested in my vocational life?
Question 2
Where do I feel tension between advancement and integrity?
Question 3
What habits are shaping my character trajectory right now?
Question 4
Who helps hold me accountable?
Question 5
If my career accelerated but my character diminished, would I notice?
Reflection Questions
Question 1
When has my character been tested in my vocational life?
Question 2
Where do I feel tension between advancement and integrity?
Question 3
What habits are shaping my character trajectory right now?
Question 4
Who helps hold me accountable?
Question 5
If my career accelerated but my character diminished, would I notice?
Topic 1
Why are results often valued more than character?
Topic 2
What does “character trajectory” mean in practical terms?
Topic 3
How do we discern between what is “right” and what is merely “less wrong”?
Topic 4
In a world where results, accolades and profits are valued more than character, justice and integrity, how do you as a Christian and leader resist against them while still meeting your business and personal goals?
Topic 5
What pressures most commonly erode integrity in your field?
Topic 6
What would change if organizations truly prioritized character?
Discussion Topics
Topic 1
Why are results often valued more than character?
Topic 2
What does “character trajectory” mean in practical terms?
Topic 3
How do we discern between what is “right” and what is merely “less wrong”?
Topic 4
In a world where results, accolades and profits are valued more than character, justice and integrity, how do you as a Christian and leader resist against them while still meeting your business and personal goals?
Topic 5
What pressures most commonly erode integrity in your field?
Topic 6
What would change if organizations truly prioritized character?
05
Your Vocation is for Others
Question 1
Do I see my work as connected to others? If so, when did I first begin to see my work as connected to others?
Question 2
Who specifically benefits from the work I do?
Question 3
Where might I be operating primarily from self-interest?
Question 4
What risks or sacrifices has serving others required from me?
Question 5
What would it mean to orient my work more intentionally toward others?
Reflection Questions
Question 1
Do I see my work as connected to others? If so, when did I first begin to see my work as connected to others?
Question 2
Who specifically benefits from the work I do?
Question 3
Where might I be operating primarily from self-interest?
Question 4
What risks or sacrifices has serving others required from me?
Question 5
What would it mean to orient my work more intentionally toward others?
Topic 1
Is “your work is for others” realistic in every industry? Why or why not?
Topic 2
How does a “for others” mindset challenge modern individualism?
Topic 3
What makes serving others in work difficult?
Topic 4
How do we cultivate discernment when stepping into something new for others?
Topic 5
What are some ways we can foster a healthy awareness of “for others” in a world where everything seems to be about “me”?
Topic 6
What kind of future might emerge if more people worked this way?
Discussion Topics
Topic 1
Is “your work is for others” realistic in every industry? Why or why not?
Topic 2
How does a “for others” mindset challenge modern individualism?
Topic 3
What makes serving others in work difficult?
Topic 4
How do we cultivate discernment when stepping into something new for others?
Topic 5
What are some ways we can foster a healthy awareness of “for others” in a world where everything seems to be about “me”?
Topic 6
What kind of future might emerge if more people worked this way?
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