David Williamson: Faithful Worker

The Green Room wishes to express its profound gratitude to God for pastor and movement leader David Williamson‘s five years of wonderful contributions to our blog. David served as a pastor for 35 years and then served in various roles in the faith and work movement for decades after. At the end of his long career, he was – as…

What Does Justice Look Like? Part 2

By Adom Otoo, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. You don’t have to spend long with friends or colleagues or scroll far through social media to find people making passionate pleas for justice to be done for a cause, person, or issue that matters deeply to them. We feel the effects of injustice incredibly strongly, particularly when it’s…

Want Flourishing? Start with Integrity and Trust

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…

Chess and Restoration in Rural South Africa

Reprinted from The Chalmers Center. “I’m one of the many, many people that you guys never hear about,” Ruan Cilliers began as he started his devotion during a visit to the Chalmers office last spring. He was referring to the small churches and ministries all over the world that have read Chalmers’ books and implemented the biblically-based principles to help ignite…

Share the Change

By Brandon Beck, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. We sing, “Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim,” in Hymn 473, “Jesus Christ Our Lord” (1982 Hymnal according to The Episcopal Church). The newly consecrated bishop of the Diocese of West Texas, the Rt. Rev. Dr. David G. Read, at our 120th diocesan council celebrating the 150th year of…

Review: Saving the Protestant Ethic

By David Gill, reprinted from Workplace 313. Andrew Lynn is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Virginia Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. Andrew earned his BA in political science from the University of Notre Dame and his MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia. His dissertation—which eventually led to this book—was directed by UVa Professor James…

Does a Remote Worker Have to Put in 40 Hours?

By Greg Forster, reprinted from The Gospel Coalition. I’m a remote knowledge worker with a full-time job and three young children. I’ve been super conscientious about putting in 40 hours each week, but the other day my friend (who’s in much the same situation) told me her schedule. I was surprised to learn she does not put in 40 hours…

What Does Justice Look Like? Part 1

By Matt Jolley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. You don’t have to spend long with friends or colleagues or scroll far through social media to find people making passionate pleas for justice to be done for a cause, person, or issue that matters deeply to them. We feel the effects of injustice incredibly strongly, particularly when it’s…

Responsible to Flourish, and Help Others Flourish

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…

Repenting of the Health-and-Wealth Gospel

Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. In the heart of Nairobi, Kenya, lies one of Africa’s largest slums—Kibera. Conditions there are harsh. People live in makeshift structures, surrounded by open ditches filled with human and animal waste. Opportunities for jobs and education are severely limited, as is access to healthcare, food, and clean water. Amid this landscape, though, the people of…