In the midst of the Great Resignation, people from all lines of work are asking serious questions about their calling in life and looking for serious answers. This lifelong learning opportunity offered by Asbury University will explore the difficult issues of meaning and purpose that so many of us are currently facing in our work and will offer insights and a framework to think about this complex topic. Have you had setbacks and dealt with struggles in the workplace? Have you wondered how much meaning a job should provide? Has the pandemic made you rethink your purpose in life or ask what difference does your work make?
Registration covers access to three sessions live, with recordings and resources available through the month of March, in addition to a copy of Every Good Endeavor mailed to your address.
Mondays March 14, 21, and 28 @ 7:30 p.m. EST
Claire Brown Peterson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Asbury University and Reader for the SEARCH: Good Work Initiatives. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. Her work has focused on understanding the vice of pride, the virtue of humility, and what human “perfection” might look like lived out in the messy world in which we find ourselves. She and her husband love having beanie baby fights with their preschooler and are expecting a baby boy sooner than she can quite believe.
Seven-time Emmy winner, DT Slouffman catches good stories and releases them into the world. He’s led teams at Sports Illustrated, NBC’s Olympics Group, CNN, and TIME. His short documentaries have earned millions of views on social media platforms and seven International Television and Film World Medals. Slouffman holds a mini-MBA in Social Media Marketing from Rutgers University along with an MA in Digital Storytelling and an MFA in Television and Film Production from Asbury University, where he has taught documentary and storytelling courses. Over his morning coffee, he often ponders where our stories fit into God’s work of renewing Creation.
The Good Work Initiatives help all Asbury University students – no matter their major – prepare for an unknown career, clarify calling and identity in Jesus Christ, and finish the interview prompt, “Tell me about a time when you created or improved something and shared it with someone.” SEARCH at Asbury University is the incubator for this new collaborative program through which we will investigate meaning and outcome in the workplace. The program asks the questions, “How should we work?” and “Why should we work?”