Mobility is a way of life in all modern societies, especially in newer ones like the United States, Canada and Australia.
A career is an occupation for which people train and in which people expect to earn their living for most of their working years.
The English word vocation comes from the Latin vocatio, which means “calling”; they are the same thing, though this is not obvious to the people who use these words.
For these disciples to follow Jesus, they have to allow their identity, status, and worth to be determined in relation to Jesus rather than to their occupation and possessions.
The entire gospel is the story of the kingdom of God coming from heaven into every square inch of the universe.
Jesus himself comes to John to be baptized, as if to declare that he is the one John has been proclaiming.
God’s full presence in the world in the person of the man Jesus is news, astonishing news.
Jesus’ followers were not all called away from their occupations.
