A story in the Wall Street Journal last week reported that many baby boomers are preparing for second careers that embrace faith and service to others. Are you finding fulfillment in your career or would you like more “meaning and purpose” in your job?
The percentage of students in theological schools who are 50 and older is at an all-time high as boomers put aside retirement and plan to work as chaplains, missionaries, spiritual counselors or social workers, according to the WSJ article.
When asked what fields they would like to work in, the top three were social services (28%), health care (25%) and religious or faith-based (24%), followed by human rights or social justice (21%), arts and culture (20%) and at-risk youth (20%).
What about you?
In a strange way it is. Through journalism, I have been able to use the gifts God has given me and tell different people’s stories.
I can relate!