Anne Lamott is a brilliant writer and teacher who tells her students to tackle big jobs "bird by bird" . . . and then she explains. Thirty years ago, when her older brother...
"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound"—so begins one of the world's best-loved hymns. The song-writer's story is also amazing. In the mid-1700s, John Newton was an embittered man and captain of a...
Jacob Davis, a tailor in Reno, had a customer who constantly tore the pockets of his pants. Davis tried a creative solution. He placed rivets on the corners of the pockets—and also at...
(with adaptation of Emil Nolde's Dance around the Golden Calf, has 12 figurines) 2001 installed, app. 12" x 22" x 12" glazed porcelain with gold. For more detail, visit www.gingergeyer.com. Everything was under...
Why are we called to "be fruitful and multiply"?
God sets limits to our work. It's up to us to discern those limits and live within them.
Genesis 4 details the first murder when Cain kills his brother Abel in a fit of angry jealousy. Both brothers bring the fruit of their work as offerings to God. Cain is a...
First of all, God’s mission is to inspire people to work with the materials he provides to bring forth new and good...
In the biblical narrative God creates everything for his glory and honor (Colossians 1:16, Revelation 4:11). The foundations of finance—like all of...
Stewardship is the fulfillment of God’s mandate to fill the earth, subdue (or govern) it, work it, and care for it (Genesis...
God created risk, in that we do not know what the future holds (Ecclesiastes 8:7). But God created us with an ability...
Humor is the ability to perceive and enjoy the absurdities and incongruities of life.
Why should we settle for uninformed, unaware or automatic imaginative living? Why should we not practice our imagination as fully as we are able?
A quilt may be a token of celebration, commemoration or thanksgiving.
By Rev’d Dr. Kenneth J. Barnes, Dean of the Marketplace Institute, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia In his collected papers entitled, Reflections on...
Classroom activities to show kids what it means to partner with God.
