By Mawoussé Tchegnon, reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Training savings group members in business skills contributes to economic growth and job creation in communities. Mawoussé Tchegnon Mathias Noubouke is a successful businessman in Togo. He owns two thriving school and office supply stores. Mathias’ business journey started when he joined a Restore savings group facilitated by his church. As well as learning…
I have personally been part of a “faith at work” movement since 1966 as a junior at the University of California at Berkeley when I began a lifelong quest to understand the relationship of God and my faith to the history I was studying and to the public school teaching I envisioned doing. I have sketched my personal journey in…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. “We are all one in mission; we are all one in call….” Rusty Edwards’ lyrics remind us that, at bottom, all vocations are essentially the same – to be Christ’s ambassadors in, to, and for the world. For many, discerning how to enact that call in their own life can become a challenging,…
Read part I of this interview here. David Gill: Let me come back to the challenge of being a woman in executive leadership. It seems that many of our faith at work organizations and ministries define themselves as “for men only” even in our time when women are massively present in business schools and the marketplace. Katherine Leary Alsdorf: Prior…
By Greg Forster: part five of a series. This wasn’t intentional, but in this series on imagining God as a worker one of the things that’s emerged for me is how the different kinds of workers used in the Bible to depict God are differentiated by the levels of life in the creatures they work on. We’ve seen so far:…
Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project. A quick online search (Sept 2016) of some recent surveys that explore work and family issues demonstrate these results, which form some of the background to tonight’s discussion. Group Discussion: Do you see work as competing with life or part of life? What Does the Bible Say about Work-Life Balance? A capable wife who…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life. Part four of a series. Finally, at the root of all these cults (and many others no doubt), there is one underlying common cultural narrative. It’s the one that Levin and the Onion satire points to; a flashy, self-obsessed careerist narrative. This vision of our working lives stands as the stark opposite…
By Jo Trickey, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also, and if anyone wants to sue you and take your…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Our collection of EWP Talks on Old Testament will help your students explore how this often-challenging material – the large majority of our Bibles! – provides vital insight for how we live our lives today. As we strive for economic wisdom, we need to know, and know well, the firm foundation God laid for his post-Pentecost people…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Editor’s Note: Many ministry organizations include some form of “exchange model”—encouraging ministry participants to contribute work as part of a broader provision of services. These models can be helpful ways to encourage ministry participants to get some “skin in the game” of long-term, transformative development journeys and participatory action plans. Our friends at True Charity…
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