By Tim Yearsley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Truly I say unto you, the kingdom of God is like a man who emptied six million bins. Keith Sayers started his job in 1986, two months before I was born. Throughout my entire life, somewhere in Rushcliffe, a man has been emptying bins. During this time, Keith has traveled…
How can we really, effectively, place the gospel within the larger context of who God is and his plan for all things? God’s unfolding mission of redemption in history is grounded in his eternal plan, which in turn is grounded in his own triune nature – three persons loving one another forever with holy love. Several of our most popular…
By Elijah Tanner, reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Editor’s Note: This week, we’ve invited one of our newest staff members, Elijah Tanner, Director of Strategic Partners, to reflect on some ways his on-the-job learning with us is helping him see how God is at work in our lives and the ways we serve others. When I came to work at…
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. Last month, I had the joy of serving as a supply priest at a small church tucked near Snoqualmie Pass in the Cascade Mountains of Western Washington. It was a beautiful, sunny, summer day, and the church’s windows were open to allow a gentle mountain breeze to refresh us during the service.…
By David W. Gill. Recently I happened to re-read Israel’s Book of the Covenant, the section of Exodus (chapter 20 forward) that lists (and often explains) the laws and regulations for the people of Israel. It is commonly held that there are actually 613 commandments (mitzvot) in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The famous Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) divided the…
By David Williamson. This is the third of a series. In their book Make Your Job A Calling, Dik and Duffy address distortions in our approach to work, when we either make it merely a means or treat it as establishing personal value. If our job has some social status, we are ready, and even quick, to tell someone –…
Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project, produced by The High Calling, contributor Jennifer Dukes Lee. When I was in high school, I learned to type on a typewriter. I’m part of the last generation to remember the classroom without computers—not only as a student, but also as a teacher. When I started teaching English to middle school students, I…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life. Second of a series. Third, Lewis’s young adult years coincided with the First World War – in which he served and was injured – and the years of his maturing thought and theological writings—after the period covered in Surprised by Joy—were interrupted by the Second World War. Culturally, these…
By Harry Mitchell, part one of a series. Part one of three. In the post “Being White in the (White) Faith and Work Movement” (originally posted in February 2018), a blogger described himself as a contributing member of a movement whose books, leaders, authors, conferences, and organizations were overwhelmingly white. He wrote as someone who knew the Faith and Work…
By Tim Yearsley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is…
