By Denise Daniels, reprinted from Made to Flourish. “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don’t do any work…For in six days God made Heaven, Earth, and sea, and everything in them; he rested on the seventh day.…
By J. Mark Bowers, reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Part two of two. What is God’s economic ideal for us? When we look back at the gleaning laws (Leviticus 19, Deuteronomy 24), we see God’s vision for how his people’s resources should build communal justice. Grounded in trust that Yahweh is the owner and sustainer of all, his people were free…
By Andrew Parris and Don Pope, reprinted from Christian Business Review. Citations have been omitted. Part one of a series. We live in an unpredictable, complex, competitive, pluralistic and divided world. Increasingly, successful businesses and organizations require leaders who understand the times and who can inspire and guide their teams to design and deliver superior valuable products and services for…
By Fletcher Lowe, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. One of my favorite hymns, especially around All Saints, is “I sing a song of the Saints of God” – with one big exception: Toward the end of the second stanza are these words, “…and one was slain by a fierce wild beast, and there’s not any reason, no not the least, why…
Reprinted from The 313. A WorkPlace 313 Virtual ForumSaturday, November 21, 2020•9:00-10:30 a.m. Pacific Time Stepping Into the AdventureWorkplace Discipleship 101 An Exploration Moderated by Donna Wright Somerville This month, on November 21, we explore the Workplace Discipleship 101 adventure. Workplace Discipleship 101: A Primer is the ninth book published by Workplace 313 Executive Director David Gill. He sees it as, in many respects, the culmination of his long career teaching Christian…
By Katherine Douglass, reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. This past quarter at Seattle Pacific Seminary, I taught a course entitled Vocational Discernment and Discipleship. This course is described as “explor[ing] various models of Christian discipleship that are intended to sustain a lifetime of ministry, and various processes of vocational discernment.” One of the challenges many Christians face is having a…
By David Williamson, part one of a series. From the beginning, at the dawn of history, men and women are called first into a relationship with God. Then, secondly, they are called to participate with God in exercising “dominion” – managing, shaping, designing and developing the world that God has created and entrusted to humans. The creator God is an…
By Laura Cerbus, reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. This year has been filled with events that we did not anticipate. They have altered our lives profoundly, and I find myself again and again longing for real life – to teach “for real” and not on Zoom, to go to church “for real” and not on Zoom, to…
By Rachael Anderson, reprinted from Made to Flourish. When I show up for work, hours after wrangling breakfast for my two school-age children, I work alongside colleagues with newborns at home, those who have no children those who spent yesterday afternoon taking an aging parent to the doctor. Our various life stages and stations are each worthy of respect and…
By J. Mark Bowers, reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Part one of two. What would you do if you received a windfall of money today? Imagine $20,000 fell into your lap. How would you use that amount of cash, no strings attached? Go for it. Dream! Some of us might finance a new car for reliable, stylish transportation. The more…
