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What gives your life meaning? How do your gifts, experiences, and work connect to a more profound sense of calling?
Beginning Wednesday, February 4, through March 18, Dr. Richard (Rick) J. Goossen will be leading a powerful seven-week course at Willingdon Church titled Live Your Calling: Meaning in Life and Work—a journey designed to help participants make sense of their life, work, and purpose through a clear biblical framework.
This course speaks to anyone asking big questions about direction and significance. Whether you are just starting, navigating mid-career transitions, or seeking to finish well in a later season of life, Live Your Calling provides practical tools to discern how God has been at work across your entire story, and how that story points toward a unique, integrated calling.
A Course Rooted in Meaning-Driven Leadership
Drawing from decades of teaching, research, and real-world leadership experience, Rick guides participants through themes such as meaning in life and work, vocational identity, cultural pressure, and long-term faithfulness. Participants will explore how their skills, passions, and lived experiences are not random or disconnected, but part of a coherent narrative shaped by God’s purpose.
The course is both reflective and practical. Through guided self-reflection, discussion, and weekly assignments, students develop a Personal Calling Action Plan—a tangible framework they can apply immediately in their work, relationships, and leadership contexts.
Designed for Real Life, Not Just Theory
Live Your Calling is one of the core courses at Willingdon School of Biblical Ministry and requires no purchased textbooks. Readings are drawn from Rick’s recent work, What’s My Point?, selected chapters from Entrepreneurial Leadership: Finding Your Calling, Making a Difference, and curated ELO blog posts—all provided at no additional cost.
Classes run on Wednesdays, 7–9 pm, and combine biblical insight with real-world application, helping participants connect faith, identity, and vocation in a fragmented culture.
About the Instructor
Dr. Rick Goossen is Chairman of the ELO Group and has spent decades helping leaders articulate meaning, calling, and purpose in life and work. A long-time member of Willingdon Church, Rick has served in multiple capacities within the church community and brings both academic depth and practical wisdom to this course.
Learn More & Register
If you’ve ever struggled to answer the question, “What’s my point?” clearly, this course offers a rare opportunity to step back, reflect deeply, and move forward with clarity.
Learn more and register here: https://willingdon.org/tw/ministry/wsbm/lyc-2026/
Sometimes the most critical leadership work isn’t about doing more—it’s about finally understanding why you do what you do.