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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...

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 07, 2015

One of the most strategic things pastors can do

Faith, work, and economics integration is one of the most strategic things you can invest...

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...

June 22, 2015

Why we can–and should–grieve at work

By Kristin Brown (reprinted from the blog of the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics.)...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

From the archives: [VIDEO] God’s good plan

How does the message of Genesis inform how we engage with the modern world?

April 20, 2015

Atheism growing in the workplace

Reprinted from the Center for Faith and Work at LeTourneau University. We encourage you also...

March 2015

March 15, 2015

From the archives: Vocation, the holy grail of corporate America

Five hundred billion dollars. That’s how much economists estimate the US economy loses every year...

March 12, 2015

We only wanted a youthworker….

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

March 02, 2015

Giving Jesus a bad name

By Mike Coyner To me the name Jesus is not just a good name, it...

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 24, 2015

You may be the only Bible they read

By Bill Peel The workplace is filled with spiritually hungry people. Most of them, however, won't connect their own emptiness with...

February 16, 2015

[VIDEO] Even more great talks to encourage you from the Faith@Work Summit

Some more great talks from the Faith@Work Summit have now been posted. (Here's the first...

February 02, 2015

[VIDEO] Faith@Work Summit: We have videos for you!

Some great and inspiring talks from the Faith@Work Summit have now been posted--including some from...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Do Legos matter to God?

By Dan Anderson "Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you’re part of a team....

January 12, 2015

Pastors and lay leaders: I hate my job

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

January 11, 2015

If God really does work through our work, then what do we do about that?

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

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...

January 02, 2015

[VIDEO] Why is work important?

Why do we work, anyway? Doug Barr of Goodwill Industries talks about work, faith,...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

From the archives: The top ten pain points people face at work

These come to us from Doug Spada at WorkLife.org. You can read more about them...

December 23, 2014

From the archives: Work-life balance and working moms

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

December 10, 2014

The heart behind “Why you hate work”

By Brian Gray Earlier this year, the New York Times helped you answer the question...

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...

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 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 01, 2014

NEWS: Survey launched on faith in the workplace

We're going to start trying to regularly feature faith-and-work news in this space as well...

September 2014

September 27, 2014

Made for more, part 2

Following up on our post a couple days ago about fathers quitting work to spend...

September 03, 2014

Three reasons God cares about your work

We ran into this on the Purpose in Leadership blog of Justin Irving, director of...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

What questions does the faith and work movement need to talk about?

A few weeks ago, we mentioned that we're going to be in Boston in October...