Reprinted from The Wholeness Journey, via CityGate. This is the first in a series. The Big Quit… it has dominated the media over the last number of months. It first became noticeable in April, May, and June of 2021 when 11.5 million people quit their jobs in total over those three months. The latest bureau of labor statistics show 4.3 million…
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. Nathalie is a young business owner, entrepreneur, and mother of a toddler, expecting her second child. She was taught to sew by nuns in a Kenyan orphanage and now designs and makes beautiful clothes that combine African colors with French and American styles. During Nathalie’s early childhood, war raged in the Democratic…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. If you are like me, you must be exhausted and frustrated by the partisan divides in today’s world – divisions that have fractured the Christian church every bit as much as the society around us. We are in serious and deepening crisis. How will we ever come back together? Sometimes we can worship together and pray side-by-side. Sometimes we…
By David Williamson. At the communion or eucharist table, when and where does God enter the scene? An Anglican theologian/apologist raised this question as he considered the elements on the Lord’s Table. When we consider what the physical elements of communion actually are, it is an important question for thinking about faith and work. The bread that is broken and…
By Nathan Mladin, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. At LICC, we’re passionate about seeing everyday followers of Jesus make a difference right where they already are. Monday to Saturday, we’re the scattered church in whole-life Christian service on countless frontlines. “Shaping culture” to look more like Christ’s kingdom is why we’re here. But what is the process of seeing our culture…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. The vision of the Economic Wisdom Project is summarized in twelve “elements” that provide starting points for thoughtful, biblically informed understanding of contemporary opportunities and challenges. For a handy guide to the twelve elements, download this one-page summary, taken from our EWP vision paper “A Christian Vision for Flourishing Communities”: Below is an excerpt from the paper “Twelve Elements of Economic…
By Claire Greenwood, reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. Stay in your lane. I heard this saying recently and wanted to unpack it a bit for us this morning. How often do you feel the need to “do more” than what we have been tasked to do? Or, we may feel the need to make comments (or if we…
Reprinted from The Chalmers Center. We’re here to help you foster real change. Each Chalmers training opportunity is designed to equip you – and like minded believers – with practical next steps to better serve your community. This month you can sign up for: Faith & Finances // Start a financial education class for low-income adults with our Faith & Finances Facilitator Training. Work Life // Equip your church or nonprofit…
Reprinted from CityGate. “The Big Quit” is underway and has been through most of 2021. Early data shows no sign of it slowing down in 2022. In fact, it seems to be accelerating. The most recent data from November of 2021 shows more than 4.5 million people quit – a new record. One of the refrains I hear over and over from…
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. In early October, our local Islamic Center was burned in an arsonist’s hate attack. Between the fire and water damage, our Muslim brothers and sisters now face a rebuild and remodel of their mosque. In the meantime, they have been forced to find a new place to gather for worship. Without a…
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