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I never thought finding a job would be so challenging.
Food Stamps. Medicaid. Unemployment. These were words I never imagined would be associated with having a college degree.
While I was the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church, I had other jobs on the side. I designed websites, did internet consulting, and was a freelance writer. I left pastoring because I no...
Being out of work can be a terrifying, unsettling experience. It can make one feel incredibly vulnerable—so vulnerable, in fact, that when...
Many economists are saying that the Great Recession is over. The stock market has rallied to new heights for the year. Gross...
Layoffs not only affect the people who lose their jobs. They also affect the people who don’t.
The late 1980s were the days of military dictatorship in Nigeria with its attendant consequences on the national economy. I received my Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in July 1987 in...
These are worrisome times we are living in. We are living in the midst of a global financial crisis, a never-ending war, and layoffs are being announced every day.
Last fall, my husband and I did something few 40-something Americans envision. We moved in with my parents. After a family tragedy and a looming recession that didn't bode well for either my...
I spent a lot of my year of unemployment scared. But I also spent it crying out to God and my faith grew in new ways.
God’s intent to provide opportunities for the poor is seen in the regulations benefiting aliens, widows, and...
Most churches have ministries to serve the communities around them, which often are called compassion, outreach or...
God’s faithfulness underlies human productivity, but people have to do the actual work.
We can seek guidance about provision from God and expect that doing so will help us meet our needs, the needs of...
We are meant to work diligently and wisely to the degree we are able. Dependence on God is an attitude towards human...
The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we...
Job is able to endure overwhelming loss without compromising his “integrity” or blamelessness[1](Job 2:3). But Satan does not give up. Perhaps Job...
God's Generosity in Providing Us With Work for His Kingdom (Click to Listen) This parable is unique to Matthew’s Gospel. The owner...
First Thessalonians 4:9–12 and 2 Thessalonians 3:6–16 address work directly.[1] Scholars continue to debate precisely what led...
Paul is an advocate of social welfare and charitable giving, but only for those who are genuinely...
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