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October 2015

October 31, 2015

What do faith and work have to do with #Halloween ?

That question was answered for me profoundly by an interview that appeared on our channel...

October 30, 2015

Yearning for soul

In a culture where technology is starving our souls, Christian institutions ought to be ready...

October 28, 2015

Follow my passion where, exactly?

This post originally appeared at OnFaith.  Ask Laura appears every Tuesday at  and  features responses...

October 26, 2015

4 Lessons About Overcoming Obstacles from R. G. LeTourneau

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached...

October 24, 2015

Riverdance Changed My Life: Or, How I Learned to Love Being Bored

By Jordan Dillon Riverdance changed my life.  Yes, THAT Riverdance: the gazelle-leaping, non-arm-swinging, inexplicably line-segmented,...

October 23, 2015

Chasing problems is a key to social innovation

Innovation begins with carefully listening to a community and defining the problems it’s facing. Then...

October 22, 2015

Shining God’s light on a corner: Sunshine Gospel Ministries

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 21, 2015

Why culture-shapers are at the center of what God is doing

By Christ John Otto Every 500 years Western Civilization goes through a shift. These shifts...

October 20, 2015

3 Signs We’ve Made Work an Idol

I think we were arguing about asparagus. I had just sat down to dinner with...

October 19, 2015

The Two Messengers

Originally published at Ithilien. Perhaps to the clear-eyed angel There was nothing in the word...

October 17, 2015

From the archives: Working on gratitude

One simple way to help people integrate faith, work, and economics is through gratitude. You...

October 16, 2015

Changing one congregation: Jobs for Life

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 14, 2015

Changing one neighborhood: Focused Community Strategies

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 12, 2015

Rising Tide or Zero-Sum Game?

Why Christians should care that the Nobel prize in economics has gone to poverty and...

October 12, 2015

Growing new ideas: Innove Project

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 10, 2015

Creating new jobs around the globe: Partners Worldwide

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel  contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

October 09, 2015

Sonnet for the Fisherman

Yours was the baited hook that drew me close When I was wandering in an...

October 08, 2015

Ron Reed: I’m a Christian, but I don’t do Christian theater

The founder of Pacific Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, talks about leadership, the arts and...

October 07, 2015

Don’t Search for Purpose: You Will Fail

That's what a recent article in the New Republic had to say about our desire...

October 05, 2015

Pittsburgh pastors seeking the common good

By Terry Timm This spring I began serving as one of the Pittsburgh regional coordinators...

October 04, 2015

10 things you don’t know about the faith and work movement

Next Tuesday, October 13, faith channels across Patheos are participating in an event called #ShareWhatWeShare,...

October 03, 2015

Why God Loves Business

As Creator, God could have placed Adam and Eve in the midst of a highly...

October 01, 2015

Good practice makes perfect

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

September 2015

September 30, 2015

The church: shelter, fighter, or preview?

By Bruce Ashford As American churches face an increasingly hostile and post-Christian culture, we must...

September 29, 2015

Christ is Lord over all: Why it’s ok for the Pope to talk about money

By Zen Hess There is a lively discussion on the internet regarding Pope Francis addressing...

September 28, 2015

How a doctor prescribes grace to her patients

As some of you may have noted, a few weeks ago I spent two days...

September 27, 2015

Looking forward to Laity Day

We reprint this post from Mike Coyner, whom you've read on this blog often, not...

September 25, 2015

Don’t Let Unemployment Undo Your Identity

Let's face it. Our identity and work are closely aligned--and rightly so because God made us...

September 23, 2015

The Real Problem With the “Christian Right”

Originally published at Ithilien in 2006. The catchphrase on the Left these days (and among...

September 21, 2015

From the archives: Disability and discipleship: “God Don’t Make No Junk”

We all are important to God. “God don’t make no junk,” as the saying on...

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