2014-11-13T15:10:55-05:00

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 3:10 pm   By

By Jake Belder; originally posted on his blog. Dorothy Sayers, in her essay, ‘Why Work?’, is highly critical of economies that are based solely on production and consumption, and in particular, how they negatively affect our conception of work. Writing from the viewpoint of wartime Britain, she observes that reckless consumption has so thoroughly devalued work that workers are now solely perceived as cogs in the production machine. Sayers believes that it is to society’s detriment to continue to operate... Read more

2014-11-18T12:59:20-05:00

Last updated on: November 18, 2014 at 12:59 pm   By

This is the fourth in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians in the Visual Arts exhibit, “Work: Curse or Calling?” Many thanks to Margot Rogers and CIVA for allowing us to feature these beautiful, intriguing, and challenging pieces here at MISSION:WORK.  Please check out CIVA’s website for more information on scheduling the exhibit for your own church, school, or workplace, and to see the other images from the exhibit (there are 28 in all.)  Today’s featured... Read more

2014-11-13T15:23:50-05:00

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 3:23 pm   By

A while ago I promised on our Twitter feed to feature our 500th follower here. Lo and behold, we’re now over 600 followers, and I am only just getting around to it. So….I was an English major, so check my math, but as far as I can tell: Our 500th follower was Keri Wyatt Kent, author and speaker. Check out her website. Our 600th follower was Medi Ann Volpe, who had a post in this space a few weeks ago! She... Read more

2014-11-13T10:38:23-05:00

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 10:38 am   By

In an article called “My Three Seasons of Faith and Work”, pastor Matthew Woodley opens up about how he came to a holistic understanding of faith and work after some quite obvious wrong turns.  He divides his ministry into three “seasons”: The “naive engagement” of his first pastorate, where he immersed himself in small-town culture: For eight years I made inadvertent “faith and work” visits. I rode with Willis on his many-geared fuel truck at 4:00 a.m. and joined him... Read more

2014-11-11T16:04:05-05:00

Last updated on: November 11, 2014 at 4:04 pm   By

This is the third in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians in the Visual Arts exhibit, “Work: Curse or Calling?” Many thanks to Margot Rogers and CIVA for allowing us to feature these beautiful, intriguing, and challenging pieces here at MISSION:WORK.  Please check out CIVA’s website for more information on scheduling the exhibit for your own church, school, or workplace, and to see the other images from the exhibit (there are 28 in all.)  Today’s featured... Read more

2014-11-10T16:05:05-05:00

Last updated on: November 10, 2014 at 4:05 pm   By

We just ran into this post on Sapientia, the blog of the Carl F. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  Like us, blogger Constantine Campbell was at the Boston Faith@Work Summit; he shares his reflections on several of the talks, but particularly on the amazing talk by Cheryl Broetje (which blew the Faith and Work Channel’s bloggers away, too.)  He writes: Cheryl Broetje told us about the Broetje Orchards, founded and operated by her and her... Read more

2014-11-06T15:16:24-05:00

Last updated on: November 6, 2014 at 3:16 pm   By

"Faber's vision of the positive role of business is remarkable. He wrote two centuries before Adam Smith lifted a pen, during an era when the Catholic church generally looked askance at business. Yet in a few short phrases, Faber crystallizes a profound and profoundly challenging philosophy of business." Read more

2014-11-11T16:03:57-05:00

Last updated on: November 11, 2014 at 4:03 pm   By

This is the second in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians in the Visual Arts exhibit, “Work: Curse or Calling?” Many thanks to Margot Rogers and CIVA for allowing us to feature these beautiful, intriguing, and challenging pieces here at MISSION:WORK.  Please check out CIVA’s website for more information on scheduling the exhibit for your own church, school, or workplace, and to see the other images from the exhibit (there are 28 in all.)  Today’s featured... Read more

2014-11-07T17:07:21-05:00

Last updated on: November 7, 2014 at 5:07 pm   By

By Emily Ann Higginbotham Being an intern at a financial firm has given me incredible exposure to the ins and outs of wealth management. It has also afforded me prolonged exposure to the copy machine, the supply closet, and a never-ending amount of envelopes to stuff. With the company’s annual symposium coming up, my last few weeks have consisted of mailing out invitations, creating nametags, and preparing packets for clients to have at the conference. For the last several days,... Read more

2014-11-11T16:03:50-05:00

Last updated on: November 11, 2014 at 4:03 pm   By

Today we begin a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians in the Visual Arts exhibit, “Work: Curse or Calling?” Many thanks to Margot Rogers and CIVA for allowing us to feature these beautiful, intriguing, and challenging pieces here at MISSION:WORK.  Please check out CIVA’s website for more information on scheduling the exhibit for your own church, school, or workplace, and to see the other images from the exhibit (there are 28 in all.)  Today’s featured work is:... Read more

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