FAITH RESOURCES

Nehemiah Ministries, www.nehemiahministries.com

Blaine Smith’s book, Finding God’s Will, was important to my early thinking regarding career decision making for myself.  His ministry continues in a wonderful, regular newsletter, Nehemiah Notes, which I regularly read and highly recommend.

IV Ministry in Daily Life, www.ivmdl.org

InterVarsity’s (IV) Ministry in Daily Life exists to help the church recover the biblical truth that God calls all Christians to minister daily in the places they live and work. IVMDL’s mission originated in 1986 from the need to renew and re-equip IV campus staff to prepare Christian students for ministry in their future workplaces. Since then they have served as a resource center and consulting group for anyone interested in whole-life-discipleship to Jesus Christ.

Being (formerly Speaking of Faith), https://onbeing.org/

A wonderful, thought-provoking and inspiring program, Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio’s weekly program about “religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas,” produced and distributed by American Public Media and currently heard on over 200 public radio stations across the U.S. and globally via the Web and podcast. Krista takes a narrative, or first-person, approach to religious and philosophical conversation drawing out the intersection of theology and human experience, of grand religious ideas and real life.

The interviews themed Repossessing Virtue around the world financial and economic crisis with philosopher/educator Parker Palmer and theologian/church historian Martin Marty among others as well as the First Person telephone interviews with listeners who’d written in are outstanding in insight and wisdom.   I highly recommend them!

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Career Development Association (NCDA), www.ncda.org

The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span. To achieve this mission, NCDA provides service to the public and professionals involved with or interested in career development, including professional development activities, publications, research, public information, professional standards, advocacy, and recognition for achievement and service.  See the article at this website, “Why Seek Career Counseling,” under the Find A Counselor tab.

National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), www.nbcc.org

The National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. and affiliates (NBCC®), an independent not-for-profit credentialing body for counselors, was incorporated in 1982 to establish and monitor a national certification system, to identify those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained certification, and to maintain a register of those counselors.