Have you ever thought about that question? Do you imagine work is something that heaven will finally free you from? Josh Brumbaugh is wondering about the same thing over at the Kern Pastors Network blog: If work is solely part of this broken, fallen world we live in – a “have to,” rather than a “get to” – it is a curse from which we will be liberated in glory. And thus, work has more in common with hell than... Read more
So, I read this article over a year ago and I still haven’t been able to forget it. In today’s blogosphere, that almost counts as a classic….so I decided it was worth sharing with you all. It’s an opinion piece by tax lawyer Kelly Phillips Erb, and she begins by musing: In my first real job as an attorney, I made a huge mistake: I assumed I would have some time off. I had so much faith, in fact, that... Read more
Yes, I wonder about that question too. 🙂 One of the most famous musings on the subject was written by Dorothy L. Sayers–better known to many of us as the author of the Lord Peter Wimsey series of detective novels–over seventy years ago, in 1942. She wrote in a different time and place–wartime Britain, full of deprivations and ration coupons, before today’s era of interconnected technologies and ever-changing vocational landscapes. But her words still echo down the decades: If we... Read more
We’re going to be in Boston in October; we think you should be too. Why? Well, in Boston in less than four months three hundred active faith and work leaders and practitioners from business, church, and education will convene for two extraordinary days of reflection, learning, fellowship, brainstorming, networking and prayer at the Faith@Work Summit in Boston on October 24-25. Read more at www.FWSummit.org and on our event calendar. (There are a whole bunch of other events on the event calendar you might... Read more
Bridging that gap is one of the main purposes of this blog. And recently at the Kern Pastors Network site Aaron Brockmeier was thinking about the same question: Over the past year, through the encouragement of The Kern Family Foundation, I’ve been studying the integration of faith and work. I still have many questions, but as I mentioned in my previous article, I think this is a key and overlooked biblical teaching by pastors – especially me! A leader in my... Read more
This article by philanthropist Jean Case popped up on Forbes.com the other day. Case, who is head of the Case Foundation, reminded her readers: The Millennials are coming… to an office near you. Over the course of the next decade we will bear witness to one of the largest demographic shifts in the workplace in modern history. By the year 2025 Millennials (born between 1979 and 1999) will come to fuel approximately 75% of the U.S. workforce, and worldwide... Read more
We read this story by Joseph Sunde a few days ago on ActonPowerBlog and thought it was well worth sharing. Joseph himself was responding to a news story that appeared recently in Christianity Today: I was…heartened to read the story of Randy Lewis, a senior vice president at Walgreens, whose son, Austin, faced similar obstacles as someone with autism, but who responded by creating new opportunities for Austin and others like him. Lewis outlines the full story in his book,No Greatness without Goodness, but offers... Read more
I remembered my own struggles with that very question when I read a recent article on the Missio blog of the Washington Institute for Faith, Culture, and Vocation. Author Drew Moser of Taylor University wrote about a student whose search for a major sounded all too familiar: Ethan was an exemplary Taylor University student—winsome, well known, a leader. He was respected by the student body and faculty alike. He had a vibrant, authentic faith to match his outgoing personality, spending... Read more
This may seem like an odd question to bring up after over 150 posts, but it never hurts in cyberspace to re-introduce yourself every so often. 🙂 We’re part of the Patheos Faith and Work Channel, a new endeavor as of January 2014 here on Patheos which aims to provide you all kinds of resources for bringing your faith and your daily work together–whether you write books, teach children, change diapers, or lay tile. The channel is home so far... Read more
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“Shalom starts at home”: Housing problems, poverty, and how to change the world
Recently, Comment magazine ran a two-part interview on their website with Jonathan Bradford, CEO of the Inner City Christian Federation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in conjunction with their June issue on Christianity and the city. Many of us are interested in urban renewal and in alleviating poverty–but we don’t know where to start. Jonathan had plenty to say on the subject to his interviewer, James K.A. Smith of Comment. Here’s a sample. First, he talked about the three specific areas ICCF involves... Read more