The Overthinkers

How do we know our calling in life? Nathan Clarkson and Joseph Holmes talk to Biblical scholar Dr. William Klein on the history of the word "calling" and how we might be all--religious and non-religious alike--using the word wrong.

Links to resources mentioned:

Calling Definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calling

More definitions of “calling”: https://www.christianitytoday.com/partners/nav-press/what-is-calling/

Forbes 20 Ways to Find Your Calling: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2012/06/26/20-ways-to-find-your-calling/

Desire for calling: https://www.letu.edu/alumni/identify-your-calling.html

Oprah “Are You Listening to Your Life?”: https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/what-are-you-meant-to-be-doing-find-your-calling

“It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Calling”: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202401/its-never-too-late-to-find-your-calling

Desiring God - How to Discern God’s Call: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-do-i-know-gods-calling-for-my-life

Relevant Magazine - “Is This My Calling or Just Something I Enjoy?”: https://relevantmagazine.com/life5/how-to-know-if-your-calling-is-really-from-god/

Academic perspectives on calling: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00187267221095759#bibr24-00187267221095759

Blesses

Hero of a Thousand Faces (Book)

Hero on a Mission (Book)

Sound of Hope (Movie)

Deadpool & Wolverine (Movie)

The Shock of Faith (Article)

Curses

Don’t Waste Your Life (Book)

The Hill (Movie)

Wish (Movie)

The Call (Book)

Websites

Overthinkers: theoverthinkersjournal.world

Nathan Clarkson: nathanclarkson.me

Joseph Holmes: josepholmesstudios.com

Will Klein: https://denverseminary.edu/directory/klein-phd-william/