Here's a novel idea: you don't need a calling.

That's the title of Damon Garcia's new book.

In this conversation, we talk about what inspired a book that runs straight against the grain of what so many of us have been inundated with since as far back as we can remember: the story that we have to know what our unique gifts are, what our specific calling is, and then figure out how we're going to make a "successful" life out of both.

What if there is a different—and better—story? Damon asks.

And he develops a compelling answer to this question in this book.

Bio

Damon Garcia is a public theologian, writer, video essayist, and author of The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus. He discovered his passion for ministering to spiritual misfits and radicals through evangelical youth and young adult ministry in evangelical spaces. This passion led him out of Evangelicalism and into post-Christian spaces, where he continues to develop a liberative Christianity for a disillusioned generation through video essays and dialogue. Garcia's work is inspired by liberation theology and anti-capitalist politics as he helps people unsettle and untangle oppressive ideologies. He lives in Santa Maria, California.

Links

Damon's new book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798889832164/You-Dont-Need-a-Calling

Website: linktr.ee/damongarcia

Twitter: @whoisdamon

Instagram: @whoisdamon

Facebook: /TheDamonGarcia/