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This is a good question: I see a lot of responses to my tweet discussing jobs and calling, but the term is way broader than that. I actually like the term vocation better than calling. 1/ https://twitter.com/billmockabee/status/1288298359208452096
One of the more unknown benefits of the Reformation was a recovery of the doctrine of vocation. Luther declared that there is no distinction between the sacred and the secular. This article does a good job summarizing the history: https://tifwe.org/the-reformation-view-of-work/ 2/
The doctrine of vocation is in need of recovery again. We live by an unstated spiritual hierarchy in which “ministry” jobs rank highest. This indicates how much the modern church separates the sacred and secular. 3/
I don’t think of calling mainly in terms of a job, but as the way Christians put their faith into action in every facet of life (ie: ethics). 4/
We also have a very underdeveloped theology of ethics. The gap between what we know and how we apply is wide. I’d say calling could be called our ethical or prophetic witness. 5/
Calling could even be defined as the extent to which our life models Jesus. Jesus lived the most full, beautiful life of anyone in existence, but it also came with great cost. It’s both/and. To deny one of those facts is to miss a central piece of the “calling” equation. 6/
