Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project, produced by The High Calling, contributor Sam Guthrie. When I first stepped foot onto Gordon College’s campus, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of who I was and what I was going to do after college. But after four years of challenging professors, culture-shocking journeys, and the influence of mentors and…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life. I’m on a free-wifi-enable Delta flight, headed from Minneapolis to Boston. 20,000 feet in the sky, my thoughts turn to the widespread and influential, but fraught, “faith and work movement.” I say the movement is “fraught” because it has been largely lay-led for decades, and thus characteristically thin on the biblical, theological, philosophical,…
By Tim Yearsley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Our collection of EWP Talks on Spiritual Formation will give your students a bigger vision of what it means to be formed in Christlikeness. Against the spiritual bankruptcy of rote “box checking,” haranguing people to go through the motions of religious works and devotional exercises, these videos offer a vast new way to think about how…
By Shay Bassett, reprinted from the Chalmers Center. In a world where “getting a job” is both vital to survival and difficult to achieve, job readiness programs often feel transactional. This is exactly where Chalmers’ Work Life program stands apart. It weaves faith, character, and community into every lesson–offering more than just skills but also hope. Every day, individuals walk through the doors…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. For me, the crown jewel contained in the Episcopal Church’s 1979 Book of Common Prayer is the Baptismal Covenant. Born in 1949, a “cradle Episcopalian” as they used to call us, I was formed by the majestic cadences of the venerable 1928 BCP. I was 30 by the time the “new” prayer…
By David Gill, adapted from his 2016 plenary address to the Faith at Work Summit. Part one of two. Fifty years ago I had my first clear faith at work awakening. I was a junior at the University of California Berkeley studying to become a high school history teacher. I began to wonder what to do with the fact that…
By Greg Forster: part eight of a series. The title of this post pulled me up short when I wrote it. I was just following the format for all the titles in this series: Just Imagine, God a Farmer! Just Imagine: God a Doctor! But this one’s different. “Just Imagine: God a Father!” It’s amazing. Just imagine it! God .…
Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project, produced by The High Calling, contributor Dena Dyer. I love my kids to death, but some day they may be the death of me. This summer is the first time in more than two years that I’ve been home all day with both our sons—Jordan, 14, and Jackson, 8. Though I am extremely…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life; part three of a series. For spiritual practices toward vocational joy, see Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker’s Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work. Categories of practices in this book include a “liturgy of commute,” “surrendering the calendar,” “lamenting work,” and “prayer of examen for work.” In my…
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