In high school, pursuing God meant raising my hands in praise, saying the right things, and never questioning. It meant choosing to pursue, even when saying those right things didn’t lead to...
The Christian answers to those three questions are not "companion" and "boss" and "employee." Such working relationships do appear in the Bible. For instance, Jesus speaks of the centurion's...
We saw in Romans 1:1–17 that salvation begins with reconciliation to God. People have become estranged from God because of their “godlessness...
How can you experience joy in your work when you're working a job that you don't like?
You may not typically think of working in hospitality as a particularly powerful job, but this work has great power when we...
As followers of Jesus, how can we resist replicating brokenness and instead act as a restorative presence in our workplaces and industries?
Remember the film Chariots of Fire? Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian, refused to run the 100-meter race on a Sunday morning. But two days later, in the 400, he won the gold...
Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12: Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to...
“How can we create a congregation where work and discipleship are truly integrated?” This is a question...
Workplace Christians today trust that God is active through the decisions and actions of non-Christian people and institutions. Ezra trusted God in...
Pastors are well aware of the massive disconnect between Sunday and Monday for most believers. A domesticated "housebroken" Gospel has turned the Church into a domesticated "housedog"—a state, in...
In 2012 and 2013, I helped to lead a “Vocation Infusion Learning Community” composed of church leaders from 15 congregations nationwide. Our...
Many people sneer about ‘women’s work’ or claim that women shouldn’t work at all. But this was never true for God. From the beginning, God created women for important work.
By Henry Kaestner. Henry Kaestner is Managing Principal of Sovereign's Capital and the co-founder of Faith Driven Entrepreneur, a movement dedicated to...
Corrupted computer files are a sad reality of digital technology. After working hard to craft a document, it can be devastating to...
In my late 20s, my job as a camp director consumed me, something I justified by including my wife. Summers we worked...
An emphasis on personal relationships suffuses the theology of these chapters. Jesus calls the disciples “no longer servants…but friends” (John 15:15, NASB)...
Groomed by my hard-working Dad, who awakened us early on Saturday mornings to “work while the day is light,” I fully embrace...
Some situations may be redeemable. Others may be beyond redemption. In Genesis 6:6-8 , we hear God's lament about the state of...
They call me the trailing spouse, the one-half of a marriage who gives up her comfortable life to follow her breadwinning husband and his new job posting overseas. ...
