9:1–9), because they had unique vocations nobody else could share (Eph. 2:20).4 As Os Guinness helpfully reminds us, “First and foremost we are called to someone (God), not to something (such as motherhood, politics, or teaching) or to somewhere (such as the inner city or Outer Mongolia).”5 But not only is the language of calling unbiblical, it’s also unhelpful. I played a lot of cards in college. Cut me some slack. I wasn’t a Baptist yet, and this was before Al Gore invented the Internet.