The Bulletin - Alumni Magazine since 1956

Job, career, vocation: The difference is in the calling

Becky Horst – How many times, whether chatting with a fellow plane passenger or meeting a church visitor, have you asked, “So what do you do?” The implication of the question is, “What is your career?” – as we associate career with identity. more

Finding meaningful work: Career Services

Stuart W. Showalter – Finding meaningful work after college is one of the important strategic goals students set for themselves when they enter college – and parents, too, clearly expect that a college education will chart some kind of career direction. more

Speaking our needs to the heart of reality

Parker J. Palmer (with Ryan Miller '95) – Finding meaningful work after college is one of the important strategic goals students set for themselves when they enter college – and parents, too, clearly expect that a college education will chart some kind of career direction. more

What do I want to be when I grow up? Or how I found myself

Harley King '71 – When I graduated from GC with a degree in English, I had some vague ideas about being a writer but still fewer ideas about how to make my dream a reality. more

Yearning for identity, discovering life

Rachel Lapp '95 – In Yearning Wild: Exploring: the Last Frontier and the Landscape of the Heart, GC Alumnus R. Glendon Brunk ['67] uncovers layers of identity in a compelling philosophical memoir... more

Restoring what is broken: God's intervention to bring wholeness to relationships

Johnathan Beachy '73 – Ten years ago, a young 12-year-old exchanged angry words with his mother and siblings, and told them he was leaving home... more