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December 2016

December 01, 2016

Do All People (Even Shut-Ins) Have a Calling to Work?

By Kevin Kinghorn I’ve heard that phrase thrown around a lot: that “all people have...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

The Christian Call to Work Yourself Out of a Job

Yup. Works for parenting, too, by the way. :) Read more at the Faith and...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

Sermon Series: Ministry in the Marketplace

More good stuff from the Faith and Work Collective this week: ideas from United Methodist...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

Dear people in suits: On what it felt like to sit in the middle of a conference center and talk about Jesus

Dear people in suits, if you only knew what we had in this room.

January 2016

January 17, 2016

Households and economic injustice in the Old Testament

By Keith Reeves In the first part of this article we looked at how the family...

January 15, 2016

Family, land, and households in the Old Testament

By Keith Reeves The connection between the family and ownership of land – economic production...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

NEWS: ReFrame in Prisons and Schools

Here's our latest communication from the folks at ReFrame about their success in bringing work...

December 16, 2015

Christmas Truth in Star Wars

By Bill Peel Forty years ago Star Wars hooked millions of people and became part of...

November 2015

November 03, 2015

“Their prayer is concerned with their trade:” attempts to separate church and real life go WAY back

I bumped into this passage from the Apocrypha (Ecclesiasticus 38, to be specific) yesterday. Looks...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Luke’s Gospel of Jubilee

By Keith Reeves Note: This article is the third of a three-part series on economic...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

[VIDEO] Not the same old story

The way that we thought about the Biblical story was that God was trying to...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

From the archives: [VIDEO] God’s good plan

How does the message of Genesis inform how we engage with the modern world?

April 17, 2015

Did you know you were created to work?

We’re pleased to offer an excerpt today and yesterday from the new Bible on Business:...

April 16, 2015

What good is religion in business?

We're pleased to offer an excerpt today and tomorrow from the new Bible on Business:...

April 14, 2015

Why do the New Testament and the Old Testament treat wealth differently?

Keith Reeves Note: This article is the second of a three-part series on economic production...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

The year of jubilee

By Keith Reeves Note: This article is the first of a three-part series on economic...

March 08, 2015

From the archives: 5 tools for applying faith, work, & economics to your life

Thinking biblically about work requires much more than memorizing a lot of Scripture. It requires...

February 2015

February 08, 2015

What are your goals for the coming year? They may be too small

By Bill Peel In 1954, a young man accepted the call to become the pastor...

February 06, 2015

Cleaning house

By Keith Reeves, professor of biblical studies, Azusa Pacific University The temple cleansing narrative, found...

February 05, 2015

Going on vocation. Yes, Google, I said “vocation”

Work is no vacation, right? We have some good friends at Christian History Institute, as...

February 02, 2015

[VIDEO] Faith@Work Summit: We have videos for you!

Some great and inspiring talks from the Faith@Work Summit have now been posted--including some from...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: What is the one thing?

By Ann Boyd Multi-tasking: there are days when I feel that I have taken that...

December 15, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: I need help

By Ann Boyd Books to read. Papers to write. Classes to prepare for. Clients to...

December 14, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: Does anyone care?

By Ann Boyd Sometimes it feels like all the responsibilities land on your shoulders: you're...

December 13, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: What about the work?

By Ann Boyd It's not even 8:00 in the morning and I'm looking at a...

December 12, 2014

Seven virtues of Christian managers: Lessons from Romans 12-16

By Gregory F. Augustine Pierce There are many Christian virtues that managers can practice. I...

December 12, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: Thank you, Mary

By Ann Boyd For the past few years, I’ve been ruminating on the story of...

December 09, 2014

A brass-tacks, real-world theology of work and vocation

We're returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

December 07, 2014

Jesus the incarnate worker God

We're returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

December 06, 2014

We were made to work (really! It’s there in the book of Genesis!)

We're returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...