This week's discussion questions (Pick one ... except if you can't keep yourself from responding to more than one. Which is just fine.)


Colson & Pearcey (Introduction, Chapters 1 to 4):


1. How does your daily work help or hurt creation? In what ways might your everyday work as a labour activist connect with the cultural commission/blessing of Genesis 1: 28 and 2: 15?


2. What is the relation between your personal vocation, the corporate vocation of the Christian Labour movement, and the mission of the church, as you understand these?


Guinness (Chapters 1 to 5):


3. What, according to Guinness, are the "Catholic" and "Protestant" distortions of calling, and how might one attempt to counter those distortions within the context of labour activism?


(If you are reading The Call for the first time, you will want to answer the following questions for yourself - that is, not necessarily in this discussion setting: What does Guinness mean by "calling"? What four perspectives on identity does Guinness discuss? How does Guinness distinguish between "primary" and "secondary" calling?)

For those of you within driving distance of Toronto: Jonathan Chaplin tells me that there is to be a cheese and wine reception at Wycliffe College, Sheraton Hall, 5 Hoskins Avenue, Toronto, on Saturday, November 23, 2002 (8:30-10:00 pm), to celebrate the publication of A Royal Priesthood, the most recent book in the Scripture and Hermeneutics Project series. One of the editors, Craig Bartholomew, will introduce the volume, and Craig's talks are always well worth hearing. (As an example, you could read the transcript of Craig speaking to Gegrapha on The Importance of Worldview.) I enthusiastically recommend that you attend this event, which is open to all.