171 - Barbara Pappas - Best of Countdown - Our Special Calling by God

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cynthia presents the first episode in her “Best of” countdown today with BARBARA PAPPAS!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbara joins Cynthia today to talk about our calling. There are two...secular and spiritual. How do we meld the two, and why is this important? Today, you will get and idea of how constructing our life around our spiritual purpose is the key to contentment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This podcast is brought to you by Team for the Soul!  Dr. Ioana Popa and her husband Sabastien Falardeau have created the Effortless Will in Action course to help you balance the demands of your day with the projects and dreams of your heart. To get 50% off use the code WILL50OFF and <a href= "https://www.teamforthesoul.com/a/2147527370/tks35oM4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">click here!</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, check out their 2 week trial of their new program Growing in Christ <a href= "https://www.teamforthesoul.com/a/2147527368/tks35oM4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">here!</a></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barbara Pappas has a Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">with a concentration in early Church Fathers.  She also holds a Master of Arts in Applied Orthodox Theology from the University of Balamand, in association with the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology & the Antiochian House of Studies in North America.   She is the a</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">uthor of three books:  </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Are You Saved?: the Orthodox Christian Process of Salvation, </span></li> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Now in its sixth edition & 10 languages, with two more in process. </span></li> </ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">First & Second Corint