As a pastor, I have tried to help members of our congregation to live less chaotic lives. In the past, I’ve talked...
In the passage immediately prior to this one, Isaiah urged the Israelites not to put too much trust in human beings (Is. 2:22). By relying on unreliable people too much, rather than on...
As a pastor, he struggled to connect Sunday life with week day work.
The “E-Word.” That’s what Christians often call “evangelism.” If a pastor gets up and says, “Today I’m going to preach evangelism," the...
The Book of Psalms is part hymnbook, part prayer book, part wisdom literature, and part anthology of poems concerning Israel and God. Its subject matter is astonishingly broad. On one hand it proclaims...
Takeaways from meetings with 15 seminary faculty: most coursework doesn't train students to equip congregants for work.
The opposite of integrity is hypocrisy. Hypocrites will betray their own words and commitments for personal gain. Hypocrites will say what they must to gain a desired position, then do what it...
The western workplace is becoming a context for ministry and mission thanks to 6 contemporary movements.
Following the beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers that people who receive these blessings matter: You are...
While others climb the ladder to success, God invites us to joyfully go low.
New work-themed assignments in Spiritual Formation, Church History, Preaching, Ecclesiology, and Worship.
The book of Numbers shows God at work through Moses to order and organize the new nation of Israel. The first part of the book focuses on worship, which depends on the work...
This is the eighth sermon in the series: “Inspired: The Whole of Life with God in the...
The High Calling, and the friends Dena Dyer made virtually because of it, provided a safe place for her to write, learn, share concerns, and grow spiritually.
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In 2010, my husband, Carey, and I left a company with which we had labored for over a decade. We didn’t know exactly where God was leading, but we knew it was time...
There is much debate about the background and dating of the prophets of Israel and Judah. See Introduction to the Prophets for...
In the midst of harsh treatment, the Israelites remained faithful to God’s command to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28). That entailed...
Our five-part series on the work of Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Elaine Howard Ecklund focused on her research into what scientists...
How do we escape from the comparison trap? Guest Tim Bongiovanni is a Billboard-charting music producer who is very aware of the...
