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S5:E1- Vickie Austin- "Work, Faith, Life, Calling, and Job Transitions in the Pandemic"- Friday, October 1st, 2021

October 01, 2021 Rev. Brian Felker Jones, Vickie Austin Season 5 Episode 1
Pastor Brian Podcast
S5:E1- Vickie Austin- "Work, Faith, Life, Calling, and Job Transitions in the Pandemic"- Friday, October 1st, 2021
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Welcome to Season 5! Today we speak with Vickie Austin, president of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. Vickie is also a business coach who specializes in helping workers discern as well as transition into a vocation that they love. Join us as we have a conversation about faith, vocation, work, transition, the pandemic, and discerning God’s call during all that is happening around us. 

We begin with a prayer (00:40), an introduction to the new season and format (01:20), our lunch menu (04:13), Vickie's own story of faith in Christ (05:33), what drew her to business and career services (07:04), CHOICES Worldwide and why she founded it (12:53), how business and faith inform one another (22:22),   questioning a career transition and tools for discerning during the "Great Resignation" or the "Great Discernment"  (26:07), biggest missteps when making a career change (38:16), and a final prayer and blessing(47:07).


For more information about Vickie and her work:


Other books Vickie suggests and are mentioned in this episode:


Menu for Today's Lunch with Vickie:


Gathering
Opening Prayer
Intro to New Season and New Format
Today's Lunch Menu
Story of Faith in Christ
Why Business and Career Services?
Purpose and Founding of CHOICES Worldwide
Faith and Business
Tools for Discerning Career Change
Biggest Missteps in Career Transition
Blessing