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March 2015

March 12, 2015

We only wanted a youthworker….

Where once retailers were strangers, they are now a united group, proudly sharing photographs of...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

From the archives: Meaningless jobs?

In what ways have you seen others bring meaning to a “meaningless job?” In what...

February 22, 2015

Is the gap between pulpit and pew narrowing? Read the latest research

New research conducted by the Barna Group for the Center for Faith & Work at LeTourneau University shows a substantial...

February 21, 2015

Be careful what you wish for

This post came to us from The Well. Thanks, folks! Jen's book Teach Us to...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. on the Blueprint of Life

“What is your life’s blueprint?” Six months before he was murdered, Martin Luther King delivered...

January 14, 2015

Following a distinctive call

This interview with Greg Forster is part of a symposium on vocation between the Patheos Faith and...

January 09, 2015

From the archives: Blooming where you are planted

"You can “bloom” whether you work in a secular or Christian setting. It’s imperative that...

January 04, 2015

From the archives: Made to make

Why do we all have "coursing through our veins, the desire to make something from...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Doing What You Love, What Scares You, and What Brings You Peace

A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share,...

December 17, 2014

Luther on ordinary work and vocation

We're returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

December 09, 2014

Early Christianity and everyday work

We're returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

December 08, 2014

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: More news to challenge and encourage about faith and work

A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share,...

December 03, 2014

Vocation and Jobs

By Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. I’ve been through two employment crises. Three if you...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: More news to challenge and encourage about faith and work

A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share,...

November 17, 2014

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: News to challenge and encourage about faith and work

So many great articles are crossing my desk that your humble scribe doesn't have time...

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...

November 10, 2014

More news from the Boston Summit

We just ran into this post on Sapientia, the blog of the Carl F. Henry...

November 09, 2014

From the archives: The patron saint of business?

"Faber's vision of the positive role of business is remarkable. He wrote two centuries before...

November 05, 2014

NEWS: ReFrame has launched!

From our friends at The Washington Institute for Faith, Culture, and Vocation. RSVP for the...

November 02, 2014

Can you follow your calling by standing still?

By Medi Volpe I should be writing about tenderness. (Apologies @NDLiturgyCenter…) Or I should be...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

Happy Reformation Day and all that: Luther on vocation

What did Luther really say about vocation and craftsmanship?

October 19, 2014

From the archives: How to choose a career: Advice from a Puritan pastor

Just because there’s a market for a particular line of work doesn’t mean we should...

October 15, 2014

A 1949 guide to doing what you love

This channel's been home recently to some musings on the "Do What You Love" school...

October 13, 2014

Need an ethics coach?

We just ran into this column by Gael O'Brien on Entrepreneur's website. While the advice does not...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

Connect YOUR work to GOD’s work and great things happen

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

September 09, 2014

Considering vocation and trusting God

By Steve Harper Living vocationally does not mean living with certainty as much as it...

September 05, 2014

Summer….um, fall…reading list

Drew Cleveland posted an excellent summer reading list of books about faith and work over...

August 2014

August 10, 2014

Teach us to want

Today, we're simply featuring a friendly reminder that a great book about faith, desire, and...

August 09, 2014

God has many kinds of servants (says Martin Luther)

This is one more excerpt from our friends at Christian History Institute and their great new issue of Christian...

August 07, 2014

“Have I no harvest but a thorn to let me blood?”

Since our last poem in this space turned out to be surprisingly popular, here's another...