Saturday Afternoon Movie: Vocation

I remember when I was discerning my call to the priesthood, our group had an interesting discussion about vocation and whether or not "vocation" was a "technical term" in the church (we all felt that it is often used that way) or if it could also be used to talk about someone's calling to any career or way of life.   In typical fashion, we discussed it as an either/or instead of a both/and.

Since then, I have become more clear that all of us have a vocation, and limiting that term to ordained ministry unfortunately reinforces the notion that being called to Holy Orders is somehow more, well, holy than being called to lay ministries of every sort.  Frederick Buechner described vocation as the place God calls us, where our deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.  Where our passion can be lived out in God's world among God's people.

Here's a great short video from the Fund for Theological Education about the both/and definition of vocation.

What do you think?