By David Williamson. In many of my previous posts on faith and work, I have found it helpful to explore the specific ways in which different types of workers exercise God’s creative gifts, with a focus on the skills and competencies needed for the work. This helps us see the different ways in which God’s character and mission are embodied…
By Joshua Searle, Dnipro Hope Mission; reprinted from the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. The horrific events of recent weeks have caused Christians in Ukraine to reflect on what it means to be a follower of Jesus in a time of war. For my Ukrainian friends, words such as “discipleship” and “mission” have taken on new meanings. They are no…
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…
By Renee Tan, reprinted from the Salt & Light Australia Daily Devotional. It’s day one of my new job. The facilitator is teaching us upstarts about the importance of building a personal brand for ourselves. “A personal brand is a curated perception of what you are known for at work, based on your deliberate actions, decisions and words,” she says. “It forms…
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. Part one of two; part two is here. God, in Christ Jesus, has chosen to accomplish his plans through the church – your church and every other faithful body of believers around the world! But how does he do this? Living faithfully as the royal priesthood and holy nation that he has called the church to be…
By Lisa Slayton, reprinted from The Wholeness Journey. This is the second in a series. I have never thought of myself as a competitive person. I like to win – who doesn’t? – but even playing team sports back in high school, I always sensed I lacked the drive to win like some of my teammates. So, for a long…
By Demi Prentiss, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. John O’Donohue was an Irishman – a poet, a philosopher, and a former Roman Catholic priest. He died in his sleep just days after his 52nd birthday in 2008. His book Beauty: The Invisible Embrace carries the subtitle Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope. He explores our intimate human relationship with beauty, calling…
Reprinted from the De Pree Center. It is almost 60 years since Betty Friedan first started encouraging women to make choices about their lives. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique is widely celebrated as sparking the second wave of American feminism. In that book she described a problem faced by many women at the time: The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many…
By David Gill, reprinted from The 313. Larry Peabody is an important contributor to the workplace discipleship/faith at work movement. His own long career includes working for state government agencies for eleven years, seventeen years running his own business, eight years as bi-vocational pastor of a church plant, and thirteen years as a full-time senior pastor. He has seen workplace…
By David Williamson. Mail carriers (we used to say “mailmen”) are not considered a very high status occupation, especially if you are a walking carrier and subject to barking – even biting – dogs, mail boxes that are difficult to access, and the occasional complaining or angry recipient. Yet I have been surprised and impressed at the educational level of…
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