By David Williamson. My wife and I cherish some marvelous art treasures, product of two exceptional artists, both from the United States and known internationally. Their work and that of a third artist have prompted me to reflect on the capacity of human work to create beauty, and the empowering Christ gives us for that calling. And that in turn…
By Isabelle Hamley, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Happy are thosewho do not follow the advice of the wicked,or take the path that sinners tread,or sit in the seat of scoffers;but their delight is in the law of the Lord,and on his law they meditate day and night. Psalm 1:1-3, NRSV Happy, or blessed, is the first…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. One of the most popular highlights of Karam Forum 2022 was our Friday morning session titled “Christian Entrepreneurship: Communities Thriving in a Changing World.” The session consisted of two parts. The first part presented research findings on Christians in business, with particular attention to entrepreneurs; the second featured local business leader Helen Young Hayes. (We’re…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Defining poverty is not simply an academic exercise. The ways we define poverty – either implicitly or explicitly – play a major role in determining the solutions we use in our attempts to alleviate that poverty. When a sick person goes to the doctor, the doctor could make two crucial mistakes: (1) Treating symptoms instead…
Reprinted from Living God’s Mission. Dennis Raverty, writing for The Living Church, recently took a closer look at a widely-distributed 19th century print of a painting by George Caleb Bingham, titled The Jolly Flatboatmen. When the engraving was distributed to American Art-Union subscribers in 1846, some objected that the realistic subject matter was “uncouth.” Raverty believes that Bingham was intentionally mirroring a far more…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. Courtney Moore is the El Paso-based founder and president of the non-profit Women & Work and co-host of the podcast “Women & Work.” She is a graduate of the University of Mobile and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In this book she has gathered essays from ten of her women friends reflecting on various aspects of biblical…
By David Williamson. It has been a few years now, but have a lasting and profound image of Stephen Clapp, then dean of the Juilliard School, performing a solo in the middle of a communion service I was leading. Simply standing from where he had been seated, near the back of the worshiping group gathered for participation in the Lord’s…
By Ennette Lainchbury, reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. You’ve probably been told that your grades don’t define you. That whatever happens, God is in control. When you’re waiting for exam results, however, it can be hard to feel like that. In the last fortnight, around 60% of people experienced anxiety that interfered with their daily life – as results…
Reprinted from the Oikonomia Network. Our collection of EWP Talks on Pastoral Leadership will equip your students for the unique task of stewarding both the gospel and their congregations. Pastors are chief “oikonomists” of the Christian theological knowledge tradition (I Corinthians 4:1) and are also head disciple-ists of their communities. That task is as challenging today as it ever has been, but…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Over the past year, The Chalmers Center has made significant changes and improvements to our Work Life program. We’re excited to share these updates with you and pray that they bless your ministry. If you are not already part of the Work Life community, we hope that we might partner with you in the future! What is Work Life? Work…
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