Calling is Passion and Suffering.

In order for the culturally creative movement Jesus sought to unleash to flourish, the brokenness of culture had to be faced head on. And so Jesus accepted the calling of the cross. "The strangest and most wonderful paradox of the Biblical story is that its most consequential moment is not an action but a passion--not a doing but a suffering" (142 Culture Making).

When we think about what we should do with our lives, the question is usually centered around just that--doing. But maybe it's less about doing and more about passion--and dogged commitment to that passion.

Maybe more important questions to ask are, "what am I passionate about seeing happen in the world?" and "how much am I willing to put my own life on the line to see that it happens in the world?"