Career Planning and Adult Development Journal back issues from April 2006:
Introduction to this Issue
Apr 01, 2006; ... Things are not always what they seem. Though I am nominally the Guest Editor of this Special Issue of the Journal, it is actually Steven Beasley who did the patient, day-by-day, step-by-step legwork that resulted in getting an extraordinary bunch of authors to write about The Impact of ...
YOU CAN FIND SIGNIFICANCE WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
Apr 01, 2006; ... A number of years ago I was asked to give the closing keynote at a conference organized by Faith Works, a non-profit ministry started by Bob Buford, author of the best selling book, Halftime. According to Buford, most people, sometime after they reach the age of fifty, are in the locker room ...
CAREER SPIRITUALITY: Learning the R.O.P.E.S.
Apr 01, 2006; ... Career development is an inherently spiritual process, yet many career development professionals and personal coaches shy away from any discussion of spirituality in their work. The reason for this is perhaps because spirituality is tied to religion, and we live in a society that values a ...
MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING PROVED THAT NON-VIOLENT PROTEST WORKS
Apr 01, 2006; ... Just suppose that at every ball game, graduation, prom, etc., someone who has had enough of stupid, anti-historical court decisions had the guts to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and others joined in, then more, until hundreds participated. And just suppose this spread all over ...
SPIRITUALITY THAT WORKS: One Career Counselor's Perspective
Apr 01, 2006; ... An organizational consultant asked a group of 50 colleagues to brain storm for a few minutes the best way to incorporate spirituality into the marketing of her entrepreneurial efforts. One of the comments was said in a short, crisp and curt sentence, "Don't use the word." Another organizational ...
CLARITY AND COURAGE: A VOCATION AND TRANSITION PROGRAM
Apr 01, 2006; ... This article describes a program that begins with identifying the questions one is asking and not asking, realizing what is clear and not clear, and reflecting on gifts of and need for courage to move forward. Introduction During 25 years as a congregational minister, I saw first ...
YOU'RE BEING CALLED-ARE YOU LISTENING?
Apr 01, 2006; ... Today, it's the optics of our work lives that seem to be what counts. You know, how our career looks and what can be seen in a glance. Don't pause. Don't explore or dig too deep because you might distort the look, the optics. We sure don't want to create any discomfort, and above all not feel or ...
THE INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND VOCATION
Apr 01, 2006; ... The tragic failure of psychology over the last century to discover a rudimentary science of persons for understanding human nature and predicting individual behavior has been a disaster for the majority in every generation. As a result, our foundational institutions of education, work and ...
LIFE II AND THE END OF RETIREMENT
Apr 01, 2006; ... Free at last! For years I worked burdened by the weight of commitments, disciplined by objectives, pressed in on every side by rules set by others. And now I'm free of all of that! I can make my own rules, assign my own tasks, spend my time just as I wish. Atlas shrugged and the weight of the ...
SPIRITUALITY AND CALLING IN MY CAREER AND LIFE: A Case Study
Apr 01, 2006; ... Listen to your life. Listen to what happens to you because it is through what happens to you that God speaks ... It is in language that is not always easy to decipher, but it is there powerfully, memorably, unforgettably.- Frederick Buechner (1) I invite you to look over my shoulder as I ...
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Apr 01, 2006; ... The first question people usually raise about spiritual direction is, "What is it?" Spiritual direction can mean different things to different people, but in my understanding it is the art of Christian listening carried out in the context of a one-to-one trusting relationship. It is when one ...
CONTEMPLATION AND HIGHER LEVEL GROWTH
Apr 01, 2006; ... An Interview with Marsha Sinetar Q. Would you please define your view of spirituality as it applies to a career and working life? We would be interested in hearing about your contemplation approach. Marsha Sinetar: Spirituality, as I have defined it, is among other things ...
MONEY AND MINDFULNESS
Apr 01, 2006; ... Many of our career decisions involve financial decisions as well. We balance the amount we are paid with our skills, work environment, hours worked, commute time, and so on. We also consider what we are asked to do in our jobs, and examine whether our work is consistent with our personal ...
SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Apr 01, 2006; ... In the waiting room of our agency hangs a framed poster called How To Find Your Mission In Life, authored by our colleague and mentor Richard Belles. Over the years we have observed that this statement about finding one's mission in life engenders more comments and questions from people than any ...
THE SEVEN STEPS TOWARD FINDING FAITH IN GOD
Apr 01, 2006; ... I have been given a great gift. I have been given great faith in God. All my life. And it has been a remarkable life, thus far-as both friend and stranger have remarked to me, again and again. My faith is not "an addon" to that life, something tacked on, as a kind of afterthought, during a ...