Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Careers, Workplace and Religion

culture

Select a Category Art Audio posts Bible and Work Book Review Books Budgeting Calling Common Good Community Development Conferences Discipleship Economics Entrepreneurship Ethics Faith and Family Faith and the Marketplace Faith and the Workplace faith and work History of Work and Vocation Leadership Local Church Meaning New Blogger News Prayer Relationships Seminaries Theology of Work Uncategorized Video posts Vocation Worship Resources

Select a Month April 2026 October 2025 September 2025 July 2025 April 2025 January 2025 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 May 2024 March 2024 February 2024 December 2023 November 2023 August 2023 July 2023 April 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 May 2022 April 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 June 2021 May 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 January 2020 December 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 April 2018 March 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013

September 2017

September 13, 2017

The Frosting on the Cake, Or Why We Need Artists

By Christ John Otto, from a forthcoming book. A worldview is a way of processing...

March 2017

March 02, 2017

A man putting fatherhood first

I like all sorts of things about this interview with Andy Crouch, but one that...

September 2016

September 12, 2016

Making Disciples of Jesus Christ: The Second Sentence

By Mike Coyner Our United Methodist mission statement has a second sentence. Most people seem...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

My 20/20 Predictions, Part 2

By Mike Coyner My last E-pistle shared my predictions for what things will be like...

August 24, 2016

My 20/20 Predictions, Part 1

By Mike Coyner Hindsight is always 20/20 they say, but I want to try my...

June 2016

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;...

May 2016

May 21, 2016

This is your antidote to decadence: how Christ calls us all to community

Those of us with spouse, children, mortgage, and day job may admire the enthusiasm of...

May 18, 2016

Work too important to delegate — the leader as culture manager

Managing the culture of an institution is a leader’s work, says a professor at Pittsburgh...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Taking the Downward Mobility Plunge

What's one practical goal you could undertake as a step toward evading the grip of...

November 2015

November 22, 2015

The feast of Christ the King (or, did Gandalf put on the Ring?)

Originally published at Ithilien in 2004. This is the day when Episcopalians and Methodists celebrate...

October 2015

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 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...

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...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Neither Falwell nor Benedict, But a New Creation

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of Evangelicalism in America. Read...

July 22, 2015

Young, Restless, and Immediate: The Future of Evangelicalism

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of Evangelicalism in America. Read...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

10 Steps Toward Becoming a Culturally Engaged Church

We’ve made huge strides in the past several years on bringing the topic of work...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

The faith and work conversation we’re NOT having

Really good stuff in the latest issue of Comment, called "The Work of Our Hands,"...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Assembling culture

By Christ John Otto, adapted from a mailing to the Belonging House ministry in greater...

October 2014

October 17, 2014

[VIDEO] How do we make culture without it making us?

A great talk on this was posted some time ago on the website of Dallas Theological...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

The world was waiting for YOU

Yesterday Leadership Journal's Redeeming Work initiative held the third of five planned conferences on faith,...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

Rubber gloves or muddy hands? Andy Crouch at Redeeming Work (Twin Cities)

Yesterday morning at Art House North in St Paul, MN, the mixed audience of pastors...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Establishing the work of our hands

When Christians do their jobs with excellence and accountability, in a distinctively Christian manner, they...