A calling also returns to an earlier tradition of work in which a person's identity and activities were "morally inseparable." Who you are was deter¬mined fully by what you do. Traditionally, the professions, artisans, and farm¬ing were understood this way. "I am a minister," "I am a musician," "I am a farmer" tells us a great deal about both the person and their work. Perhaps less common today than in years past, individuals thought of themselves as "called" to a life of medicine, military service, or teaching.