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Careers, Workplace and Religion

2015-01-12T10:48:52-05:00

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The contemplative contribution

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 10:48 am By Chris Armstrong

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the bottom of this post) in Christian history by Faith and Work Channel senior editor and Christian History magazine senior editor Chris Armstrong. Enjoy! The contemplative vs. the active life A key moment in Christian thought about economic work came in the 6th-century papacy of Gregory the Great. Gregory was a monk, and remained one during his papacy—the first pope to do so. He had been... Read more

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2014-12-10T09:01:35-05:00

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The heart behind “Why you hate work”

Last updated on: December 10, 2014 at 9:01 am By Mission:Work

By Brian Gray Earlier this year, the New York Times helped you answer the question “Why You Hate Work.” But before you balk at that massive assumption, research by Gallup suggests that only 30% of Americans “feel engaged at work.” That drops to only 13% when the population extends internationally across a sample from 142 countries. “The way people feel at work profoundly influences how they perform,” claims The Energy Project, the business consultancy group behind the research and writing... Read more

Faith and the Workplace

2015-01-12T10:29:52-05:00

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Early Christianity and everyday work

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 10:29 am By Chris Armstrong

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the bottom of this post) in Christian history by Faith and Work Channel senior editor and Christian History magazine senior editor Chris Armstrong. Enjoy! Having laid a biblical basis for thinking about work, I’d like to take us now on something of a whirlwind tour through some of the different ways the historical church has viewed work, vocation, and economics. Is there a theological tradition, rooted... Read more

History of Work and Vocation

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2015-01-12T10:50:29-05:00

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

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 10:50 am By Chris Armstrong

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the bottom of this post) in Christian history by Faith and Work Channel senior editor and Christian History magazine senior editor Chris Armstrong. Enjoy! The current series of posts (starting here) has been sketching a theological understanding of work and vocation, drawing from Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf’s excellent book Every Good Endeavor. The last two posts have tapped traditional Christian understandings of Creation and Incarnation... Read more

Bible and Work

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2014-12-08T13:33:38-05:00

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First Sunday of Advent: a poem

Last updated on: December 8, 2014 at 1:33 pm By Jennifer Woodruff Tait

This poem is shared here as part of a Patheos-wide series of Advent meditations. Read the others here. Anything Useful If you came to church for anything useful today, forget it. Anything practical: three points to help you in the Monday workplace, two tips for witnessing to your coworkers, five guides to a good marriage. If you came to church for the hats, coffee, cookies, friends, family, cheese, pew cushions, happy songs, warm feelings, or even a blessing, forget it.... Read more

2014-12-05T14:40:22-05:00

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Justice in #Ferguson

Last updated on: December 5, 2014 at 2:40 pm By Greg Forster

(Originally published in September 2014 at the KPN Resources blog.) I recently was asked a truly startling question while giving a talk on the church and economics. It was a question that shows how some efforts to speak out for justice can actually undermine justice. If we misidentify the source of injustice, we will not only fail to fight it, but may actually become its unwitting accomplices. I had argued that in spite of the serious challenges it creates, the... Read more

2014-12-01T15:16:22-05:00

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WEEKLY ROUNDUP: More news to challenge and encourage about faith and work

Last updated on: December 1, 2014 at 3:16 pm By Mission:Work

A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share, or even argue with. This week’s list: Luther on Changing a Baby’s Diaper: A classic read from Luther via Gene Veith at Cranach on why fathers changing diapers (mothers, too!) is holy. It’s Not All About You: From the Patheos blog What God Wants for Your Life; it’s not exactly about vocation, but it’s a larger consideration of the issues motivating posts here on the... Read more

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2015-01-12T10:51:56-05:00

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Jesus the incarnate worker God

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 10:51 am By Chris Armstrong

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the bottom of this post) in Christian history by Faith and Work Channel senior editor and Christian History magazine senior editor Chris Armstrong. Enjoy! In the last post, we looked briefly at the story and doctrine of Creation – what it means to us as human workers. But we also miss the wonder and dignity of work because, although we love to meditate on the cross,... Read more

Bible and Work

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2015-01-12T11:19:38-05:00

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

Last updated on: January 12, 2015 at 11:19 am By Chris Armstrong

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the bottom of this post) in Christian history by Faith and Work Channel senior editor and Christian History magazine senior editor Chris Armstrong. Enjoy! At the very beginning of Genesis, God shows himself as a working God, who creates valuable things. And then right away we see that we ourselves as made in his image, also to work. Timothy Keller cites biblical scholar Derek Kidner, who... Read more

Bible and Work

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Christian History Magazine

2014-12-05T10:58:46-05:00

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Getting the beginning and end of the story right

Last updated on: December 5, 2014 at 10:58 am By Chris Armstrong

A couple of months back, I was invited to come to the world headquarters of the Wesleyan denomination in Indianapolis to talk with a group of professors from Indiana Wesleyan University’s seminary about how we can train tomorrow’s pastors better in the area of faith, work, and economics. This series of posts is from the two talks I gave there. As we start our reflections today, I think a fair question is: Why does the church today find itself needing... Read more

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