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The Bulletin

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This weekend, The Bulletin met up with Inkwell’s Young Storytellers Initiative in Nashville for a live recording of the show. Inkwell is a community within Christianity Today that explores the depths of Christian life through artful storytelling and cultural reflection. In this episode, recorded live, Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll sit down with CT’s Sho Baraka to talk about the challenges of pursuing a career in a quickly changing vocational landscape. They discuss the idea of a Christian calling, the value of vocation, and the threats and promises of artificial intelligence for creativity and culture making. GO DEEPER WITH THE BULLETIN: Join the conversation at our Substack. Learn more about Inkwell. Find us on YouTube. Rate and review the show in your podcast app of choice. ABOUT THE BULLETIN: The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist) and Mike Cosper (senior contributor). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more. The Bulletin listeners get 25% off CT. Go to https://orderct.com/THEBULLETIN to learn more. “The Bulletin” is a production of Christianity Today Producer: Clarissa Moll Associate Producer: Alexa Burke Editing and Mix: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Rick Szuecs Music: Dan Phelps Executive Producer: Erik Petrik Senior Producer: Matt Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	As hosts of The Bulletin, we are passionate about featuring voices you know and love as we share breaking news and discuss issues that are shaping our world.
0:08.7	If you'd like to contribute to the production of The Bulletin, consider subscribing to Christianity today using our special link, ordercc.com slash the Bulletin.
0:18.9	Bulletin listeners like you get 25% off your subscription and unlimited access to the platform
0:24.4	that elevates the stories and the ideas in the kingdom of God.
0:28.3	That's orderc.com forward slash the bulletin, all one word.
0:33.8	We look forward to having you join us.
0:42.3	Music We look forward to having you join us. From Christianity today, you're listening to The Bulletin, a podcast about the people, events, and issues that are shaping our world.
0:49.5	I'm Clarissa Mall.
0:51.1	Today's show is a special one, recorded before a live audience in Nashville this past weekend
0:56.2	at CT's Incwell Mini Summit on Creativity and Vocation. Join Russell Moore, Mike Cosper,
1:02.8	Show Baraka, and me for this fun conversation. Welcome to the show.
1:10.5	Within the Christianity Today community sits a growing collective of thinkers,
1:15.1	artists, and creatives called Inkwell. Through artful storytelling and cultural reflection,
1:21.3	Incwell explores the depths of the Christian life, what it means to follow God in our
1:25.8	vocations, in our creative passions, and in our
1:29.1	communities. As part of Inkwell's Summit this past weekend, I sat down with Russell, Mike,
1:34.5	and show to talk about how pursuing a career today looks different than it did when they were
1:39.1	just starting out, and how the challenges and suffering of everyday life bring clarity to the work God places before us to do.
1:47.4	Here's what they told me.
1:52.8	Back in 2024, Pew did a research study where they asked people how they saw their jobs.
2:00.6	They said half of the people that they surveyed
2:03.0	considered their jobs to be a career. 15% saw what they were doing right now as a stepping
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