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September 2014

September 01, 2014

Working on Labor Day?

The early roots and rationale of Labor Day seem somehow removed from the modern American...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

Hello, Officer

What would you do if you were in this policeman's shoes!

April 21, 2014

The best kind of redistribution

Is your community waiting for enterpreneurship like this?

April 16, 2014

Work must serve more than the bottom line

Warnings about the dangers work poses often issue from the mouths of those who have...

April 10, 2014

Talented but unemployed? God may be calling you to grubby, unglamorous work

The Creator made us in his image to be creative, and any kind of creative...

April 07, 2014

What you do when work fails to fulfill

Would I have enjoyed whatever I would have ended up doing 300 years ago? Perhaps....

April 04, 2014

The lasting and creative consequences of daily work

God so arranges that civilization grows out of the same effort that develops the soul.

April 02, 2014

The priority of relationships

Relationships matter. Clearly, we cannot always drop what we’re doing at a moment’s notice and...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Serving the least of these through our daily work

The scope and range of Christian service is deep and wide, and the least of...

March 27, 2014

Working for the joy of others

What would our workplaces look like if one of our prime directives were bringing joy?

March 25, 2014

Meaningless jobs?

In what ways have you seen others bring meaning to a “meaningless job?” In what...

March 23, 2014

We only wanted a youthworker….

Where once retailers were strangers, they are now a united group, proudly sharing photographs of...

March 20, 2014

Connecting work-lives and God-lives

What are some ways in which people can bring their God-lives into their work-lives?

March 16, 2014

A family affair: A post from a Kern pastor

It is a wonder that we bemoan the attitude of many adults toward work, yet...

March 14, 2014

How to humanize the workplace

How can we participate in Christ's nature and see the restoring work of Christ invade...

March 12, 2014

The problem with doing what you love

No matter what you do and what you are paid, says Paul, "It is the...

March 10, 2014

Work-life balance and working moms

Is achieving work-life balance possible? If so, how?

March 09, 2014

Loving your neighbor as yourself

The most famous verse in Leviticus may be the command, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

March 08, 2014

Upcoming Faith@Work summit

Come to the Faith@Work Summit in October!

March 07, 2014

Abraham and Sarah’s hospitality

How could we do more to encourage each other to be generous in hospitality, no...

March 05, 2014

“God does own this business”

"I pray for wisdom on a daily basis. I’m not smart enough to run this...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

How one woman lives out her faith at work…

How one woman works to change the world through medical care and homeschooling.

February 25, 2014

Good practice makes perfect

Would knowing whether a restaurant is a good employer influence your decision on where to...

February 24, 2014

Made to make

Why do we all have "coursing through our veins, the desire to make something from...

February 22, 2014

What would Jesus do?

"Topeka, Kansas, was in a severe economic recession when Sheldon arrived in 1889 to pastor...

February 20, 2014

Women, work, and productivity

"How should women reconcile the artificial divide between home and work? You may be surprised...

February 17, 2014

A tale of two hats

God has been at work in his people, in his church, in this land. And,...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Rally point

If we are to continue to win the fight for business survival, then comfort and...

January 25, 2014

Workplace ethics: reconciling faith with work realities

"No matter where you work, and regardless of what you believe, you also likely have...

January 23, 2014

Pay equity: one company’s story

In 1981, when Ken Melrose was appointed CEO, Toro was on the verge of bankruptcy....