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Ep.09/PURPOSE

Things With No Purpose

Jace’s brother, Tai, is going to become a pastor. But Jace has other dreams and they aren't "religious." He wants to run his own business! But is that the best use of his gifts? Will that career choice honor God?

Character Bios

Jace

Jace is about to go to college. He works at the family restaurant every summer. He's unsure what he wants to do with his life and is feeling some pressure to figure it out.

Naomi

Naomi is Jace’s friend. She just got rejected from art school and has no idea what to do next. She isn’t doing so great.

Emma

She saw a sign that said “Bloom where you’re planted” and has decided to make that her life mantra. She's not 100% sure what it means though.

Bobby

Bobby is Emma’s friend. While chewing on a burger, he playfully quizzes Emma on what exact “Bloom where you’re planted” means.

Jace

Jace is about to go to college. He works at the family restaurant every summer. He's unsure what he wants to do with his life and is feeling some pressure to figure it out.

Naomi

Naomi is Jace’s friend. She just got rejected from art school and has no idea what to do next. She isn’t doing so great.

Emma

She saw a sign that said “Bloom where you’re planted” and has decided to make that her life mantra. She's not 100% sure what it means though.

Bobby

Bobby is Emma’s friend. While chewing on a burger, he playfully quizzes Emma on what exact “Bloom where you’re planted” means.

Go Deeper

Purpose

Darkroom Faith Podcast

What is the best use of our gifts? How can my career choice honor God? Join us as we explore questions of vocation, purpose, and how we can best follow God's plan for our life.

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There's No Sacred / Secular

John Mark Comer

The sacred/secular divide is this idea that some things are sacred or spiritual, and they matter to God. But other things are secular or physical, and at least by implication, they don’t matter to God—at least, not all that much. The problem with this widespread way of thinking is that, by this definition, most of life is secular.

3 minutes

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Someone, Not Something

Church & Culture Blog

Our tendency is to compartmentalize, with our spiritual life over here and our jobs over there. James Emery White discusses a biblical approach to vocation.

3 minutes

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Monopoly of Life

The Journey of Purpose

Life as compared to a game of monopoly - plays come players go but it all goes back in the box, so what really matters? This video leaves us with something to think about.

3:52

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Finding Purpose

Explore God

Everyone's looking for it, but how do you find your purpose in life? Pete Briscoe examines our desire to find meaning in life.

2:34

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Bringing Faith to Work

Crossway

Christians share the typical frustrations of work. And Christians face an additional tension—the tension of trying to remain faithful to Christ at work. Gregory C. Cochran offers insight on how to remain a faithful Christian at work.

5 minutes

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What is your Life's Blueprint?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to students about being the best people they can be, regardless of their status in life, in this 1967 speech at the Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia.

20:38

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Your Job Well Done

Desiring God

In this article, Dan Doriani, a professor from Covenant Theological Seminary, discusses how we can please God with our work and why good work matters to God.

3 minutes

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All Life Under Christ

L'Abri Ideas Library

Dick Keyes from L'Abri, discusses how all of life is under the lordship of Christ.

90:49

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Creative Service | Ep 3

For The Life Of The World Series

Our daily, creative labor participates in a vast collaboration that spans time and the globe. Learn how everything we make and do forms beautiful, mysteriously complex connections with each other.

14:45

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