In this issue, ten essays and an interview with scholar Bill Damon center a robust engagement with purpose. While deeply personal, they illustrate how important self-transcendence is for the pursuit of purpose. And yet, their humor and reflection also remind us that not everything in life needs to be purposeful. As Jesse Summers, Director of University Initiatives with the Purpose Project at Duke, writes, “We see that more clearly if we ask not what a life is for, but, instead, how to love the worthiness of what we do.”