Author: Kara Martin

Kara Martin is Project Leader with Seed, lecturer with Mary Andrews College, author of Workship: how to use your work to worship God. She was formerly Associate Dean of the Marketplace Institute at Ridley College in Melbourne. Kara has worked in media and communications, human resources, business analysis and policy development roles, in a variety of organisations, and as a consultant. She was Director of the School of Christian Studies for three years and has lectured with the Brisbane School of Theology, Macquarie Christian Studies Institute and Wesley Institute. Kara has a particular passion for integrating our Christian faith and work, as well as helping churches connect with the workers in their congregations.

Pastors Visiting Christians in Their Workplaces

by Kara Martin in Integration with the Church

Reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. I was teaching a unit on Workplace Ministry at a theological college and I asked the class of 24 students how many had been visited in their workplace, by their pastor. Two hands went up. The first student told us how he was a barista in a café, and the pastor…

The Faith and Work Movement Has a Problem

by Kara Martin in Future of the Movement, Integration with the Church, Unsolved Problems

Well, now that I have your attention, it has quite a few problems. Read all the way to the end for some possible solutions. First, it tends to be theologically nerdy. That is always a temptation with any spiritual topic of interest, but seems particularly ironic when it comes to something as practical as work, affecting almost every Christian. We…

Helping Christians to Act Transformatively in Their Workplaces

by Kara Martin in Theological Discussions, Vocation-Specific Resources

By Kara Martin I occasionally get commissioned to write popular articles about faith and work. Most recently I was asked to write an article on “A Christian’s Guide to Surviving the Workplace (the ten different types of people you encounter at work and how to deal with them)”. I see these sorts of articles as engaging in Christian pop psychology.…