By Greg Forster, reprinted from the Gospel Coalition. A while back, a study made headlines by claiming to measure the economic value of work in the home. Although the study provides a useful reminder of the value of domestic work, it may also point to an important shortcoming in the contemporary church’s understanding of work in the home and in the…
By David Gill, reprinted from the Bay Area Center for Faith, Work & Tech. When I was a kid in Sunday School, I memorized chapter 12 of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which says early on “Do not be conformed to this world (Greek aeon = “age, era”) but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you…
Reprinted from the Theology of Work Project, lead contributor Scott Rae. Virtually everyone knows that the people of God are supposed to tell the truth. Even though we recognize there are exceptions—protecting the innocent, guarding national security, and a few others—we remember how Jesus described himself as “the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6), and we understand…
By Chris Armstrong, reprinted from Humanism as a Way of Life. See the first post in this series here. What Is Vocation? Second, what is vocation? I’d say it is at least this The first may be summarized as the general call to life in God – or simply, to holiness; note that we almost never use the word vocation for this…
By Isabelle Hamley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields. In this Year of Jubilee everyone is…
By Jay Slocum, reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. The Economic Wisdom Project is best known for our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, which are short, accessible, engaging and rich presentations suitable for use in classrooms and group discussions. But the EWP also features print resources, including our vision paper and our twelve elements of economic wisdom. Economic Wisdom for Churches, our…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. If you’ve been following our work at the Chalmers Center for long, you know that what drives us as an organization is our commitment to equipping God’s people around the world for ministry through a biblical framework for addressing material poverty. This multifaceted framework includes understanding human beings, walking in God’s story of change, the causes of material…
By Brandon Beck, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment. There are no two moments in time alike. We are recovering. We are changing. Our…
By Greg Forster, reprinted from The Gospel Coalition. As income disparities rise in the modern economy, it is becoming harder to maintain love and harmony between rich and poor. Paternalistic arrogance seems to be growing among the wealthy, and resentful envy seems to be growing among the poor. This estrangement is a major cause of our ongoing political and economic…
By David Gill, reprinted from the Bay Area Center for Faith, Work & Tech. In her recent book, Work, Pray, Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley, Berkeley sociologist Carolyn Chen shows how work has become, in effect, a replacement religion for many tech workers. Church attendance is down and what takes its place is work, the source of…
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