Third Sunday in Lent

I have been pondering the discussions from our reading of chapters one and two in Let Your Life Speak. In sharing the impact of things our parents told us we could never do, there were financial constraints on education or the need for immediate emloyment, limited ideas of vocation related to prevailing worldviews as well as gender, and the more rare 'you can do anything.' I was struck that although the effect of parental injunctions was often lifelong, the desires never left and people often waited until midlife or even after retirement to fulfill their early callings. Sometimes we place our own constraints by not believing in our abilities and our giftedness or plunging into vocation without a clear understanding of whether our original God-given gifting is a fit. Parker Palmer himself had several false starts and wrong turns, yet they were all part of the spiritual journey in which we are guided and companioned by God. Who and what has been most significant in setting the course of your vocational journey? How has the horizon you painted for yourself altered when you were lead by divine grace? Let's try for some postings this week so we can share in other viewpoints on the questions at the bottom of the blog. And how are you doing with your Lenten practices?