What You Love is What You're Made For feat. Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Called and Caffeinated

“You might have talents that are weird, like maybe you could work in the Yankee Candle lab to find what scents best induce Christmas cheer. And if you have the best nose, then I say get after it! Get after the candles!”

When I was a kid, I got sculpey clay one Christmas. Sculpting became one of my fun little childhood hobbies. In high school, my mom found a book at the library on making clay caricatures of people. For a 10th grade school project, I made a doll of my teacher and left it on his desk. Mr. Westhoff was so excited he carried it around the school interrupting other teacher's classes to show them his "mini me!" Years later, my weird hobby turned into a nice side business sculpting keepsake replicas of my castmates on the Beauty and the Beast National tour in costume.

When my little sculpting hobby turned into a business, many of my friends and family weren't surprised at all. The standard reaction was, "Oh yeah, I can totally see you doing that." I wondered, what took me so long to see it? So often in my life, it seems everyone else can see me better than I see myself.

God wants us to use all our odd, specific, unique talents. Sometimes learning to recognize them and giving them air is the hardest part. It's easy to write off those individual talents because they don't fit into a neat little box. My guest today, Fr. Gregory Pine (of Godsplaining and Pints with Aquinas fame,) will help instill confidence into following your unique path. Fr. Gregory is one of the smartest, funniest people I've ever met, and he brings incredible wisdom from a contemplative soul.

Topics Discussed

• The art of savoring life through the senses: Good food, company, alcohol, etc.
• Discernment is living in what is real
• Gregory’s vocational discernment story
• Finding God’s will through your desires
• How to stop “analysis paralysis”
• Your vocation is “testimony” and what that means
• God breaking you down, and how it’s actually necessary
• Do you get all virtues when you acquire one?
• How to know which virtues you’re called to manifest specifically

Resources

• Gregory’s Godsplaining podcast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @Godsplaining
• Come on the God’s Adventure Awaits Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in Jan 2022!

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