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February 2017

February 01, 2017

Why Women Quit Working

Lots to ponder here about the role of caregiving in our society as well as...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

What is a Good Job in the Gig Economy?

The old bargain between labor and capital has, for all intents and purposes, been called...

May 10, 2016

God’s Grace Strengthens the Unemployed

Some thoughts on unemployment and immigration.....

October 2015

October 16, 2015

Changing one congregation: Jobs for Life

Last year the Patheos Faith and Work Channel contacted leaders of some prominent community development...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

Don’t Let Unemployment Undo Your Identity

Let's face it. Our identity and work are closely aligned--and rightly so because God made us...

August 2015

August 16, 2015

Meet Dale: A Tale of Perseverance and Love

This post is reprinted from Marion Be The Change, a community development and advocacy organization...

July 2015

July 18, 2015

7 secrets of success: part 6 of an interview with Gloria Nelund

Read the previous installments of our interview with Gloria Nelund, reprinted from Ethix: Defining financial...

July 17, 2015

Don’t solve your company issues in the men’s bathroom: part 5 of an interview with Gloria Nelund

Read the previous installments of our interview with Gloria Nelund, reprinted from Ethix: Defining financial...

November 2014

November 27, 2014

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FORUM: Equipping the local church

The Patheos Faith and Work Channel recently contacted leaders of some prominent community development and...

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...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

“Shalom starts at home”: Housing problems, poverty, and how to change the world

Recently, Comment magazine ran a two-part interview on their website with Jonathan Bradford, CEO of the Inner...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Where is God when you’re unemployed?

Recently at On Faith, writer and university professor Halee Gray Scott talked about what happened...

June 18, 2014

We’d like to pray for you

We're starting a new feature over on the Patheos Faith and Work Channel's Facebook page;...

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...

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 21, 2014

The best kind of redistribution

Is your community waiting for enterpreneurship like this?

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...

March 2014

March 15, 2014

Generational poverty: a post from a Kern pastor

The church cannot afford to engage the poor without understanding their culture.

December 2013

December 22, 2013

Work and the American Character

Over the Labor Day 2013 weekend, columnist Peggy Noonan wrote about “Work and the American...