Reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. Part one of two; read part two here. In my Bible study group, we are working through the book Boundaries by Cloud & Townsend. The authors explain that boundaries are biblical limits that we are created with, and many issues that we suffer from are a result of us not establishing boundaries, or other…
By Jim Grubs, reprinted from Minding the Gap. Throughout history, there is the theme of sacred and secular. However, there have, and continue to be, a stream of people (among them Francis of Assisi) who say “Given the belief that God created all there is and God is sovereign; then, there can be no sacred and secular – all is…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Made to Flourish. “The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.” Genesis 2:15 (CSB) You may have heard (or even asked) the following question about vocation or calling: “Isn’t the whole vocation conversation just for the ‘one percent’?” What the questioner means…
By Andrew Parris and Don Pope, reprinted from Christian Business Review. Citations have been omitted. Part two of a series. We propose seven principles of Lean that make it more understandable and applicable to a wider variety of organizations, along the lines of those cited above who studied the origins of Lean… 1. We Exist to Provide Value to Our Customers Every organization…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. There is not a single Christian who has not been equipped by God for the particular tasks which God has given him or her. There are no exceptions. All of us are ministers of God and ministers of the church. All of us have been equipped in some way to participate in…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. Craig Gay is professor of interdisciplinary studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. “Interdisciplinary” means approaching topics from the multiple perspectives of, for example, theology, history, business, sociology and engineering – rather than just a single lens. Gay has written several impressive books earlier in his career, including With Liberty and Justice for…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Karam Forum 2021 met on January 5, and full videos of the event sessions are available below. It was a very different year for Karam Forum, especially because we had to meet digitally, but the Lord richly blessed our time. Our speakers challenged and inspired us with insights about the big opportunities for theological education…
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…
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…
