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2014-08-19T13:59:47-05:00

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Does the coming economy need liberal arts graduates?

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 1:59 pm By Mission:Work

We like business folks here at MISSION:WORK (we especially like J. B. Wood, and we think you ought to read his blog.) But I was still intrigued when I saw this feature on PBS Newshour recently, as part of its Making Sen$e feature. The report focused on what some economists call the “coming artisan economy”: In Making Sen$e’s report on “the artisan economy” Tuesday evening on the NewsHour, Paul Solman speaks with two exterminators and a dementia coach. Not what you typically... Read more

2014-08-19T14:01:57-05:00

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Why vacation isn’t just a means to make you work better when you get back

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 2:01 pm By Mission:Work

We recently ran a post talking about how Americans don’t take enough vacation. On the heels of that, Mark Galli of Christianity Today pointed us towards a helpful essay on the Christianity Today website called “Sabbath is Not a Means to More Productive Work.” Author David Zahl begins by noting the huge market in the U.S. for sleep aids. The most interesting thing about that market, he says, is how these items are being marketed. We are told that “for each additional... Read more

2014-08-19T14:01:58-05:00

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How does God guide college students?

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 2:01 pm By Mission:Work

Much of this recent blog post by Stephen Rankin, the chaplain at Southern Methodist University, is about what it means to be a church-related school….if that doesn’t mean required chapel, or having a certain number of trustees come from a certain denomination, but something bigger: But this description tells us next to nothing about the kind of school a school is. Very importantly, it does not tell us how the religious affiliation guides the actual experience of students. And if... Read more

2014-08-19T14:01:58-05:00

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God has been calling all of us all along

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 2:01 pm By Mission:Work

From our friends at Christian History Institute comes a wonderful new resource: an issue of Christian History Magazine on vocation and calling from Biblical times to our own day: Did you know that dramatic calls by God in the Bible are actually pretty rare? That the early church refused to baptize actors unless they quit the theater? That many medieval kings wrestled with what it meant to be a Christian and a ruler? And that Luther thought you could be called... Read more

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2014-07-29T21:05:05-05:00

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Sometimes heaven meets earth in a hamburger: more from “Come and See”

Last updated on: July 29, 2014 at 9:05 pm By Chris Armstrong

Is there a Christian way to make and sell hamburgers? Meet Hans Hess, founder/owner of Elevation Burger. The “Come and See” conference of this past week became a “taste and see” event when we headed for Hans’s burger joint down the street from The Falls Church Anglican Church’s original site, on S. Washington St. in Falls Church, VA. Before our meal (which was delicious and did not leave me, as have so many other “fast food” experiences, feeling like I’d... Read more

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2014-07-26T20:31:41-05:00

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Is money power?

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 8:31 pm By Made to Flourish

A new post from Greg Forster over at the Kern Pastors Network blog asks us to think about that question. Greg is responding to the “widespread chatter” about a recent book on capitalism by Thomas Piketty (we talked about the book a few weeks ago in this very space.) Greg begins by noting, The widespread chatter about Thomas Piketty’s book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is both good news and bad news. The good news is that people are intensely... Read more

2014-08-19T14:01:59-05:00

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Three things dessert can tell you about God

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 2:01 pm By Mission:Work

Besides making me hungry, this recent post by Bethany Jenkins at the Gospel Coalition was also good food for thought. It’s the introduction to a series TGC ran over there a couple of months ago about what pastry chefs do and what God has to do with it: (1) theological framework, (2) food sourcing, (3) consumer health, (4) innovative creation (haven’t you always wanted to build a better donut?), and (5) food waste. In the post, she starts out by talking about... Read more

2014-07-26T21:15:55-05:00

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“Who are you,” not just “What do you do?”

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm By Chris Armstrong

The “Come & See” conference this week in Washington, DC was not just a place to glimpse the networks of interesting people and vocations connected to leader Steve Garber – it was also a place to hear how a newly vibrant focus on work and vocation is already permeating churches nationwide. From two members of the pastoral staff at an Anglican church in the DC suburbs, we saw a picture that looks something like this (and the following is pretty... Read more

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2014-07-25T19:57:56-05:00

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Hope for a better integration between faith and work

Last updated on: July 25, 2014 at 7:57 pm By Chris Armstrong

One great thing about this week’s Come & See Conference at Steve Garber’s Washington Institute of Faith, Vocation, and Culture was the people it brought together – each with a heart to bring churches, colleges, seminaries, and individuals into a fuller sense of vocation – of ordinary work as God meant it to be. Steve asked attendees to introduce themselves and speak one question they were bringing to the gathering. These questions are illuminating by themselves: A seminary professor in... Read more

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2014-07-25T19:49:50-05:00

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What’s the story of your life?

Last updated on: July 25, 2014 at 7:49 pm By Chris Armstrong

One of the goals of the Patheos Faith & Work Channel is to bring good things to light – good things going on in the faith & work conversation. Here’s one that we got a sneak peek at, at Steve Garber’s Come & See conference in Washington DC this week. Garber’s Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture has worked together with Regent College (Vancouver, BC) to create a new 10-session, video-assisted course called “ReFrame.” The question the course asks... Read more

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