1st Quarter Reflection Paper #1



Due Date: Oct. 7/8 (depending on class)

Requirements:
Length of 2 pages (Heading does not count)
Typed, Double Spaced. Equivalent of 12 point, Times New Roman (though you can use other fonts)
Make sure there are no spelling errors or major grammatical problems (-1 for each error)
WRITE YOUR PAPER ON THIS DOCUMENT - WRITE IT BELOW THE ASSIGNMENT OR JUST ERASE THE ASSIGNMENT WHEN YOU ARE DONE

How it will be graded:
This is a reflection paper and not a research paper, so the grading is slightly different.  However, correct spelling and grammar will affect the grade.  I am looking for evidence of thought being put into your writing, which means you have to explain and justify your statements (1 sentence explanation are usually not enough), as well as being specific and detailed (not general).  Where possible, examples are helpful to illustrate what you are trying to say.

Question:
	One of the three main ideas under Christian Morality mentioned in Chapter 1 was that of vocation, or one’s calling in life.  A helpful way to discern one’s vocation is to respond to three questions.  First, what am I good at?  What are my gifts, my talents, my strengths?  Secondly, what do I enjoy doing?  Not just happiness, not just what is fun all the time, but what really brings me joy?  What brings me alive?  What are my passions and obsessions? Thirdly, what does the world (or a particular group of people or community) need?  The intersection of those three questions is ideally where one’s vocation is located (though it is important to not that a person doesn’t necessarily have just one, single vocation, and also, one’s vocation may change many times throughout life).
	In your reflection paper, I want you to answer each of those three questions.  I am not expecting you to reach some sort of conclusion about what you feel your vocation is at this point in your life, though you can draw such a conclusion and write about it if you’d like.  I am more interested in just getting you to spend some time thinking about these questions in your own life, even if you don’t see any common strands among your responses to the questions.