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September 2017

September 15, 2017

The Church, As it Is the Body of Christ

Small as a mustard seed and just as fair, The seeds of faith are planted...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

From the archives: Good fruit, thorny endeavor

One of the great joys of serving The Kern Family Foundation as a regional director...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

From the archives: Working on gratitude

One simple way to help people integrate faith, work, and economics is through gratitude. You...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Business as moral community

Integrating faith with the demands of work is a challenge many Christians face. Two men...

July 22, 2015

Facing Facts About the Future of the Church in America

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

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Moving the pastor out of the center: #5 in a series

Fifth in a series of posts on Luther, Lutherans, and calling by Lutheran pastor Adam...

March 25, 2015

I once was found but now am lost?

Those of you who frequent this channel and not just this blog may have noticed...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

From the archives: Christian creativity

If Christians are not actively working to transform and develop their world for the common...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Apprenticeship to Jesus

By Drew Cleveland, originally published at the KPN Resources blog “…Consider just your job, the...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

From the archives: Work-life balance and working moms

Is achieving work-life balance possible? If so, how?

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Great new post at Leadership Journal on seeing all of life as holy

In an article called "My Three Seasons of Faith and Work", pastor Matthew Woodley opens...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

From the archives: What would Jesus do?

"Topeka, Kansas, was in a severe economic recession when Sheldon arrived in 1889 to pastor...

October 04, 2014

Which is a higher calling: building churches or building fences?

Here's another post in an occasional series about blue-collar work and meaning that we're running...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

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

The “Come & See” conference this week in Washington, DC was not just a place...

July 14, 2014

How can we bridge the divide between our faith and our work?

Bridging that gap is one of the main purposes of this blog. And recently at...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Can you really trust anyone over 30?

A little while ago James K. A. Smith wrote these words on the website of Comment...

June 22, 2014

How can you help the poor?

Earlier this year on the Kern Pastors Network Drew Cleveland called attention to the book The...

June 19, 2014

[VIDEO] How can we cross the political divide?

Recently on the Oikonomia Network author and Detroit pastor Chris Brooks shared an excerpt from his...

June 16, 2014

“Is this not Joseph’s son, the blue-collar worker?” More from Tom Nelson at Redeeming Work (Twin Cities)

Tom Nelson, pastor of metro Kansas City’s Christ Community Church and author of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship...

June 11, 2014

Stay tuned tomorrow for the Redeeming Work event……live here on MISSION:WORK!

Tomorrow in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Leadership Journal is sponsoring "Redeeming Work Twin Cities" at the Art House...

June 10, 2014

[AUDIO] How in the world do faith and work go together?

Our friends at Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton, IL recently devoted five Sundays (yes,...

June 08, 2014

What does faith and work mean to blue-collar workers?

Recently on the Oikonomia Network, pastor Blaine Crawford pondered the white-collar orientation of many of...

June 04, 2014

Four ways to help people who are out of work

Ever feel like a lot of conversation about faith and work is about people with...

June 01, 2014

Why do we need relationships?

In a post on the Kern Pastors Network (part 4 of a series KPN is...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Redeeming work in the Twin Cities

On June 12, 2014, Christian leaders from church and marketplace are going to meet in...

May 29, 2014

How can I follow God in my work?

Recently on the Kern Pastors Network blog Aaron Brockmeier reflected on his own foolishness. Moving...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

The church–an employment agency?

What if we spent the same amount of time, effort, and resources helping a man...

April 22, 2014

Relationships and generational poverty

One-way giving is no proof of interest in another person’s welfare. Relationships are real compassion....

April 18, 2014

Engaging the culture

How does the middle-class church, with its high production values, strong work ethic, emphasis on...

April 08, 2014

What would God’s March Madness look like?

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