jobs Jesus likes...jobs He doesn't

I've been sorting through my friend Dan's books and papers. Old manuscripts from his book, academic files, his dissertation work from Claremont Graduate school ...etc. Dan's dissertation was on 'The Fundamentalist Self in Opposition to American Culture.' He took a look at evangelism and religion--during the 50's and early 60's in particular.

Okay I found this photocopy taken from a book called If You're Saved And You Know It. It is in a section geared towards 'Born Again Young Adults.'

It is Suitable Career Choices, divided up by gender and level of suitablilty. Like this:

Guys/Gals

Superior/Good/Satisfactory/Poor

Now for 'guys', Superior choices include Pastor, Evangelist, and Theologian.

Interestingly, these are the same career choices that are listed as POOR for 'gals.'

For us gals, Superior would include Pastor's/Missionary's/Evangelist's wife, Teacher, Mother, and Christian Bookstore Manager. A Church secretarial position is considered Good.

My favorites are those that are listed under Poor for women, which include: Game Show Hostess, Aerobic Dance Instructor, and Elephant Trainer.

One has to wonder how many Born Again Young Adult Women could have made it big as elephant trainers but didn't...who let go of their dream in obedience to Jesus.

And this my favorite paragraph:

God's Will For Your Life ultimately pertains to three major areas: marriage, college, and career. (Or, if you're a girl, marriage, college, and your future husband's career.) You must make the right choices. If you don't, it means that you won't really find God's Will For Your Life. So you must at all costs avoid college transfers, career changes, and divorces.[which, as we all know, fall into the exact same category.]

People actually wrote this stuff. Even scarier.... other people were reading it.