Wednesday, October 1, 2008

thoughts about my job...

Sitting at a coffee shop one morning in Denver, my friends and I discussed what it looks like to be intentional at work about Jesus.  One a pharmaceutical rep, one a teacher and the other an engineer.  All discontent and unconfident about any skills they have been given.  “I’m not exactly going to pull out a little booklet.”  Makes me start to think.  What am I passing on to students that actually will have any value in their life post-college.  Is my goal really to change the world?

What do I do?  Well, I give students lots of boxes, lots of categories and lots of work!  I ask for stats about decisions made and yet don’t know how to really celebrate other significant “gospel moves”.

I train up in how to be a campus minister very well thank you.  But an engineer, teacher or salesperson.  Um, I’m not so sure.