Boy, if you want some reflection on how faith interacts with your daily working life and with the world around us, the September Christianity Today delivers….in spades. First, there’s a great editorial from Andy Crouch on why now, more than ever in the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, we need to understand what it means to belong to something beyond ourselves: One essential question in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby was the extent to which a for-profit corporation can hold to a religious... Read more
A little while ago we posted in this space some musings by Larry Saunders, a man who had moved from white-collar work in the pastoral ministry to blue-collar work in a factory and was returning to the white-collar world because he failed to find his work fulfilling. Gene Veith over at Cranach picked up on the post and wrote a thoughtful response to Larry. Here’s a sample: (1) Jesus was a carpenter. The leading disciples were fishermen. And St. Paul,... Read more
Several days ago we let you know about a new curriculum on faith, work, and the meaning of life coming out from Regent College. We also want to remind you while we’re thinking about curriculum about another set of useful videos being published by the Acton Institute –a series that talks about what it means to live in the world, and love the world, even though we are not of the world. You can read lots more about it at Acton’s new... Read more
A few weeks ago we let you know over on the Visions of Vocation blog about a new curriculum coming out from Regent College in association with theWashington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture. called ReFrame. We recently got more information and links to an entire episode preview, so we thought we’d pass them on! You can sign up to get regular emails about the curriculum here. ReFrame Coming this Fall We are excited to announce that ReFrame will be officially launched... Read more
Yesterday Leadership Journal’s Redeeming Work initiative held the third of five planned conferences on faith, work, and vocation. Jeff Haanen was on the spot for the Faith and Work Channel. This is the final report from him about the day’s events. When Hunter Beaumont worked for one of the Big Four accounting firms in Dallas, Texas, his office looked out a 55th floor window. Far below, on the other side of the city was Dallas Theological Seminary. During day, he was an accountant.... Read more
Yesterday Leadership Journal’s Redeeming Work initiative held the third of five planned conferences on faith, work, and vocation. Jeff Haanen was on the spot for the Faith and Work Channel. This is the second of three reports from him about the day’s events. “When we connect our work to God’s work, great things happen in our communities.” Dr. Amy Sherman, a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, addressed a crowd of 120 pastors and ministry leaders at Leadership Journal’s third “Redeeming Work” event. Speaking... Read more
Yesterday Leadership Journal’s Redeeming Work initiative held the third of five planned conferences on faith, work, and vocation. Jeff Haanen was on the spot for the Faith and Work Channel. This is the first of three reports from him about the day’s events. “The world was waiting for image-bearers.” Andy Crouch, the Executive Editor of Christianity Today, addressed a crowd of 120 Denver pastors and leaders at Leadership Journal’s third “Redeeming Work” event. “Work,” says Crouch, “is a category of culture. And we lead a... Read more
By Steve Harper Living vocationally does not mean living with certainty as much as it means living with trust–trust that God can use us in more than one way, and faith that the current way is an acceptable one. Thomas Merton reflected often about his vocation, writing once in his journal, “Why am I always unsatisfied, and wanting to know what is my vocation if it is my vocation to stay here reading, praying, and writing and sometimes teaching a... Read more
Today we’ve got some words of wisdom from pharmaceutical industry consultant Boyd Clarke about how to take criticism: This is part of our ongoing feature in this space of clips from a wonderful YouTube channel run by The High Calling called “60 Seconds to Significance“. It features approximately one-minute talks about work and calling, including practical tips on faith in the workplace and advice on dealing with tough questions. (Even more helpful videos by The High Calling are here, and they run one... Read more
Drew Cleveland posted an excellent summer reading list of books about faith and work over on the Kern Pastors Network blog the other day, which I’ve just bumped into. While it may be too late to read them at the beach at this point, it’s still worth noting. Pack one into your bag to read during your daily commute instead of browsing Facebook (but only if you’re not driving, please!) What books have you read that you think we should... Read more
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