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June 2016

June 16, 2016

The good, the bad, and the Amway: a second post from #AU2016

I've now been through the opening banquet and one full day of Acton University, and...

June 15, 2016

“What if I told you the boundaries are wrong?” #AU2016

So, I'm here at Acton University in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids (I'm actually not kidding;...

January 2016

January 04, 2016

Ayn Rand Didn’t Understand Capitalism. Or Altruism. Or Christianity. Or Reality.

Rand had an almost complete misunderstanding of capitalism. She confused self-interest with selfishness.

September 2015

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...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

10 final theses about the Acton Institute

The conclusion of our reports and analysis from the recent Acton University conference. Read the...

August 03, 2015

The Pope and the farmer

More of our reports and analysis from the recent Acton University conference. Read the first...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

The refreshing difference at #ActonU

Lots of exciting things around here this week--in addition to the great debate about evangelizing...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

From the archives: The problem with doing what you love

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

August 2014

August 27, 2014

For the Life of the World

Your "resource of the day" comes courtesy of our friends at the Acton Institute, who...

August 20, 2014

Another new blog on the Patheos Faith and Work Channel!

We're thrilled here at MISSION:WORK and across the Patheos Faith and Work Channel to welcome...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

How employing people with disabilities transformed a business

We read this story by Joseph Sunde a few days ago on ActonPowerBlog and thought it was...

July 08, 2014

Is anything too small for God?

Recently at the Acton Institute's Commentary page, Jordan Ballor was musing on C. S. Lewis,...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

Do you need resources? Of course you do

Resources for understanding God and influencing culture.

April 17, 2014

Does the moral consensus on human trafficking apply to economics?

If the church is against slavery, it must be for freedom.

April 12, 2014

Everything really is awesome

A key step in coming to understand our calling to creative service is to realize...

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 08, 2014

What would God’s March Madness look like?

What better way to honor the Risen Lord than to serve His people?

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.

March 2014

March 31, 2014

A Chicago chicken shop’s statement of faith

Businesses are culture-making enterprises, whether they or we like it or not. When we detest...

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

Celebrating the work of mothers

In our celebration of work — the dignity it brings, the service it provides, the...

March 20, 2014

“On call in culture”…..

"There are opportunities that come up in which God could choose to use us, but...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

‘Wisdom & Wonder’: Two reviews from the Emerging Scholars Network

"One does not need to do Christian science or Christian art to be a faithful...

February 15, 2014

When life has killed the American dream

What will happen when life kills the American dream? The current socio-political system is increasingly...

January 2014

January 23, 2014

“Catching Fire” and the call to freedom

In Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins suggests that however a tyranny exercises its dominion--through pleasure or...

January 23, 2014

Pentecostalism and Spirit-empowered discipleship

What distinct features does Pentecostalism bring to discussions about stewardship and whole-life discipleship? In Flourishing...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

The end of urban ministry

Although it is often equated with neighborhood improvement, in reality gentrification is a process of...

December 20, 2013

Why does the clergy tax exemption matter?

Aside from the question of constitutionality, the clergy exemption raises a question that many people...

December 20, 2013

The tragedy of Detroit

“Detroit developed best when it was bottom-up,” says Harry Veryser, economist and professor at University...

December 14, 2013

Amazon, Kmart, and the moral limits of shopping

Human beings, with our diversity of gifts, talents, and dispositions, were created to, as Adam...