Besides making me hungry, this recent post by Bethany Jenkins at the Gospel Coalition was also good food for thought. It’s the introduction to a series TGC ran over there a couple of months ago about what pastry chefs do and what God has to do with it: (1) theological framework, (2) food sourcing, (3) consumer health, (4) innovative creation (haven’t you always wanted to build a better donut?), and (5) food waste. In the post, she starts out by talking about... Read more
The “Come & See” conference this week in Washington, DC was not just a place to glimpse the networks of interesting people and vocations connected to leader Steve Garber – it was also a place to hear how a newly vibrant focus on work and vocation is already permeating churches nationwide. From two members of the pastoral staff at an Anglican church in the DC suburbs, we saw a picture that looks something like this (and the following is pretty... Read more
One great thing about this week’s Come & See Conference at Steve Garber’s Washington Institute of Faith, Vocation, and Culture was the people it brought together – each with a heart to bring churches, colleges, seminaries, and individuals into a fuller sense of vocation – of ordinary work as God meant it to be. Steve asked attendees to introduce themselves and speak one question they were bringing to the gathering. These questions are illuminating by themselves: A seminary professor in... Read more
One of the goals of the Patheos Faith & Work Channel is to bring good things to light – good things going on in the faith & work conversation. Here’s one that we got a sneak peek at, at Steve Garber’s Come & See conference in Washington DC this week. Garber’s Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture has worked together with Regent College (Vancouver, BC) to create a new 10-session, video-assisted course called “ReFrame.” The question the course asks... Read more
So here we are at the “Come and See” conference hosted by Steve Garber’s Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture. And Steve opens up the conference by explaining to us the interesting title of the conference (with words to this effect – I don’t guarantee this is verbatim, though I use quotation marks): “My 3 year old granddaughter was trying out the pool with her new water wings, cautiously getting into the water, getting used to it step by... Read more
Today your humble scribe and the Faith and Work channel’s senior editor Chris Armstrong are at The Washington Institute’s “Come and See” conference. We’re going to try to keep you up to date on the action. Stay tuned here, on Facebook, and Twitter for updates! Read more
Bob Pritchett is President and CEO of Logos Bible Software in Bellingham Washington. Here in a chapel talk delivered to students at Corban University, he talks about how he is in ministry in his work at a for-profit business. Stay tuned at the very end of the video, too, for an interesting story of how Bob’s hometown of Camden, NJ is being transformed by a for-profit art gallery. You can read more about Bob, his team, and Logos here. Read more
This interview from The Gospel Coalition’s “TGCvocations column” caught our eye recently, since the book it talks about is one of the monthly features in the Patheos Book Club this month. Every week over at TGC Bethany Jenkins talks to someone about how they are living out their faith through their work. A few weeks ago, she sat down with Jen Pollock Michel: Jen Pollock Michel lives in Toronto with her family. She’s the author of a forthcoming book from InterVarsity... Read more
Today, a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins that touched me about the way God calls each of us to become more fully who we are–and how Christ is always present with us, in us, and in the lives of those we meet. (Sorry to those of you who aren’t poetry fans. We try to be eclectic around here! We’ll have something different tomorrow….) 🙂 As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring;... Read more
The Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics has been reflecting on that question over at their blog: What should our response be when we don’t feel like Jesus Christ is present in our work? Many tasks feel wholly separate from Christ’s great commission in our lives. Our jobs often feel mundane or lacking in holy purpose . This is an issue many of us struggle with, and Taylor Barkley of IFWE has a few Biblical principles to help: 1) Your... Read more
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