Startwell: Recent Episodes
Seth Richardson
In this week’s episode, we continue our conversation with James Brown, Campus Outreach staff at the University of Alabama. James shares his experience navigating issues of race in the local church after graduation from college.
Many find it difficult to get plugged into a community once they have graduated from college. It seemed so easy to meet and connect with people within your campus ministry, but now it requires a great deal of intentionality and work. It can even be slow at times. In this episode, Seth discusses with our guest, James Brown, the challenges of finding a community of believers post-college. James Brown is currently on staff with Campus Outreach at the University of Alabama.
We know "senioritis" is real. This is a conversation aimed at helping students think through finishing their college careers well as they are intentional about starting their ministry or marketplace careers well.
We talk about what it looks like for students to commit to a life of purpose- regardless if they move toward vocational ministry or into the marketplace.
Many Christian, college students wrestle with whether they are called into the ministry. They feel the tension between wanting to make an impact for Christ, but wondering if that means that they should go into vocational ministry. On this episode, we talk with a campus minister who not only walked through this but helps others walk through this process as well.
Many Christian college students wrestle with whether they are called into the ministry. In this episode and the next, we are going to be talking with two different people in different seasons of their life and vocation. Both wrestled and felt the tension between a call to ministry or the marketplace. The first is a recent college grad who is currently seeking to understand if he is called to ministry. The second is a campus minister who not only walked through this but helps others walk through this process as well.
Many of us are facing the unique challenges of starting a career in the midst of this current pandemic. From a tighter job market to the unique obstacles of onboarding, these are strange times in the marketplace for sure. This week, we are talking with Grace Andersen, a first-year teacher as she shares both the trials and triumphs of starting a career in the midst of a global pandemic.
In this week’s episode, we’re talking about what God has built into the fabric of life to help us have the energy and focus we need to make the most of our vocation. Rest! Charleigh Steelman will be sharing about her journey to live within a rhythm of work and rest.
Some days- regardless of how otherwise motivated we are- are just blah. We all fight it from time to time and in this episode, we are speaking with Jessica Broom about staying motivated at work. Jessica is in advertising sales and has learned early in her career about dealing with rejection, disappointment, and distraction along with the many other things that work against our motivation.
This week we have the second part of a series examining the use of personality tests and vocational assessments in career decisions. Bill Fullilove, a theologian, pastor, and vocational consultant shares a biblical framework for how these tests can be useful.
It seems these days that everyone knows their number, their letters, or their furry woodland creature! (I'm a golden retriever wing otter) Personality tests and vocational assessments are everywhere and they come in all kinds of varieties. Over the next two weeks, we will explore how we as followers of Christ should approach these types of assessments and what role they should play in our vocational decisions as those.
Is this it? Do I have the right expectations? In the episode, we will explore how to trust God when what I thought in my early career doesn’t look like what I expected.
Jesus was perfect not just because He never sinned, but because He handled every situation perfectly. He had emotional intelligence. In this episode, we address dealing with stress in our early careers and the role of EQ in our life.