Assignment:
Context
We have examined various issues around the concept of choosing a vocation and its connection to living a life of service for the common good and the implications for finding a balance with relationships and the complexities of the modern world.
Description
Write a three-page APA-format essay sharing a story that illustrates your understanding of culture, community, and family and its relationship to your work. Your paper should reflect critical engagement with at least four of the assigned readings as well as your own experience.
Required Readings
From Leading Lives that Matter
• MacIntyre, A. "Vulnerability, Dependence, Animality."
• Daniels, K. "Prayer For My Children."
• Gladwell, M. "The Roseto Mystery."
• The Book of Ruth
• Lahiri, J. "My Two Lives."
• Ballou, S. "A Letter to His Wife, 1861."
• Wells, S. "Rethinking Service."
• King, M.L., Jr. "The World House."