Recently, I was privileged to be introduced to Australian writer, teacher, and leader Kara Martin and her recently published book, Workship: How to Use Your Work to Worship God. Martin is Project Leader with Seed, MBA Curriculum Developer with Excelsia College, and former Associate Dean of the Marketplace Institute at Ridley College in Melbourne. She has worked in media and…
It may be possible for each manager to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his employee. The load, or weight, or burden of my employee’s glory should be laid daily on my back. (paraphrase of an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’…
Reprinted from the Center for Faith and Work at LeTourneau University. By Bill Peel No one aspires to be the lead story in the evening news or connected to the latest scandal on the front page of the wall Street Journal. But humiliation is a distinct possibility for any of us when we get carried away with our own importance.…
By Greg Forster; part two of a series. We have seen that the cross is not only for saving, the cross is for destroying – destroying hell and all its works. John is pretty straightforward: “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” How does that apply to our daily work? Not to…
(Reprinted from a series on the Episcopal faith and work blog “Living God’s Mission.”) By J. Fletcher Lowe, Jr. I live in Richmond, VA, a reasonably large metropolitan area. There are several Episcopal churches from which people can choose. The congregation that I rectored several years ago made a conscious identity decision—to be known for its creative liturgy and for its…
Reprinted from the Center for Faith and Work at LeTourneau University. By Bill Peel My eyes were glued to the Weather Channel during the landfalls and aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma like many of you. And we were all so impressed with both the first responders who put their lives on the line as well as the volunteers who went…
Calling All Years Good: Christian Vocation Throughout Life’s Seasons makes an important contribution by discussing vocation from infancy to old age. I’m not aware of any other book dedicated to this topic. The book is edited by Kathleen Cahalan and Bonnie Miller-McLemore. Cahalan is professor of practical theology at Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota. Her previous work…
(Reprinted from a series on the Episcopal faith and work blog “Living God’s Mission.”) By Edward L. Lee, Jr. In A. Wayne Schwab’s recent posting for Living God’s Mission titled “Designing the Right System” he posited this insight: If we want a church that gives primary emphasis to the concept of ministry in daily life then we have to “redesign…
Dear peers in the Faith & Work Movement, I often imagine what collective impact between our ministries and churches might look like. What would it look like for us to partner together to make a permanent, generational impact on American society? When it comes to work, in many ways, our society is hemorrhaging. The labor participation rate for men age 24-55 is…
By Greg Forster; part one of a series. In this series, I’ll be looking at our daily work as a holy war to destroy the devil’s works. “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.” He won the victory for us on the cross, of course. But as our work becomes cruciform it becomes a…
