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…
By Brandon Beck, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. On her own website, Nnedi Okorafor’s 2025 bestselling novel Death of the Author is described in these words: In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative – a surprisingly…
Katherine Leary Alsdorf is co-author with Timothy Keller of Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work (Dutton, 2012). She came to Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City in 2002 to establish the Center for Faith and Work to help people nurture a meaningful integration between their faith and their professional work. Prior to this ministry role at…
By Greg Forster: part four of a series. Adam was not only a gardener; he was a farmer. He was called to bring the world under cultivation not only to make it beautiful but to make it fruitful. In this, Adam was like God. In many parables, Jesus represents God as the owner or manager of a farm or other agricultural…
Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project. Talk about performance at work can bring up all sorts of mixed feelings. In a recent study of over 1,000 professionals, nearly a quarter of respondents said they “feared” their performance review, while 42 percent said they think managers leave important elements out of their review. According to the study’s authors: “Traditional annual…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life. Part three of a series. Pastor Tim Keller, in the book Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work, which he wrote with former silicon valley tech CEO Katherine Alsdorf, puts his finger on this syndrome of idolatry. If you wonder how Tim built the thriving Redeemer Presbyterian Church in…
By Jo Trickey, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Our collection of EWP Talks on Theology will help your students draw more extensively on the theological knowledge tradition to help people wrestle with today’s opportunities and difficulties. At the core of our work in the Oikonomia Network is drawing connections between the knowledge of God and his word stewarded in the church and the challenges of…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Having a clear understanding of the different ways to help people in material poverty is essential to recognizing why choosing the right approach matters. To illustrate this, consider the consequences of misunderstanding and unintentionally applying it in ways that cause greater long-term harm, leading to dependency, wasted resources, and even the erosion of local capacities…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. Arise, shine; for your light has come,and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth,and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you,and his glory will appear over you Isaiah 60:1-6 In a sermon “for dark times,” sub-titled “Why Bullies Fear the Dark,”…
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