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November 2015

November 04, 2015

TerraCyle Founder: ‘I Want To Make A Lot Of Money Doing Good’

By Elise Hilton Starting a business is a risky undertaking. You need money, a product or...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

The Call of the Martian

By Jordan Ballor I recently saw The Martian and was struck by the number of resonant themes...

October 20, 2015

Lester DeKoster’s 3 Dimensions of Work

By Joseph Sunde Lester DeKoster’s short book, Work: The Meaning of Your Life, sets forth a profound...

October 06, 2015

The Magic of the Small Town Barbershop

By Chris Horst I pushed open the door of Center Court Barbershop and sat down,...

October 05, 2015

Now Available: Lester DeKoster’s ‘Work,’ Re-Issued with New Afterword

By Joseph Sunde Originally written in 1982, Lester DeKoster’s small book,Work: The Meaning of Your...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

These Prisoners Are Finding Purpose Through Welding (And So Could You)

By Joseph Sunde With the rise of the information economy, many millennials have steered clear...

September 14, 2015

Nurture in the Economy of Love: Insights on Parental Discipleship

By Charlie Self The spate of Planned Parenthood videos raises many issues, one of which...

September 10, 2015

Work Plants the Seed; Civilization Reaps the Harvest

By Lester DeKoster The following is an adapted excerpt from Work: The Meaning of Your Life by...

September 03, 2015

Work: When the Journey is Too Much

By Evan Koons Work, by its very nature, is gift-giving! It is is a mysterious collaboration of harmony...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Abraham Kuyper’s Advice for the New School Year

By Joseph Sunde The new school year has begun, and with it, students have flocked...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

Made in China: A Mark of Shame?

By Chris Horst Last year, I attended a generosity conference in Hong Kong. At a break, I...

July 14, 2015

A Testimony of Conscience and Conviction in the Workplace

By Joseph Sunde Hands On Originals is a small printing company in Lexington, Kentucky, that, up...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Living Out Creative Service

By Evan Koons I overheard a story recently at Acton University (a 4-day conference from Acton Institute that offers a...

June 24, 2015

For This Car Wash, Autism is a ‘Key Competitive Advantage’

By Joseph Sunde “We view autism as one of our key competitive advantages,” says Tom...

June 16, 2015

Have Christian Female Entrepreneurs Changed The World?

By Elise Hilton Christina M. Weber thinks so. She says that Christian women have been...

June 16, 2015

How an Ex-Convict Learned to Worship Through His Work

By Joseph Sunde Alfonso was looking for a “fast life,” and as a result, he...

June 16, 2015

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

By Evan Koons So, while I was out making gratuitous things (there’s this new project...

June 11, 2015

Mike Rowe and The ‘Propaganda’ of Work

By Elise Hilton Mike Rowe, the “Dirty Jobs” guy, makes an occasional appearance here on Oikonomia. Why...

June 04, 2015

Dear Grads: Welcome To Work

By Elise Hilton If you’re a college grad, what was your first job out of...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

It’s Not About You: Vocation as a Means of Crucifixion

By Joseph Sunde As I've noted in the past, Christians must always remain conscious of the...

May 27, 2015

Risky Business at a Trucking Company

By Chris Horst Trucks fill our highways, rushing goods and gifts from one place to another....

May 21, 2015

Work and the Fabric of Civilization

By Lester DeKoster The following is an adapted excerpt from Work: The Meaning of Your Life...

May 19, 2015

Lessons in Creative Destruction from ‘Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel’

By Joseph Sunde Creative destruction can be a painful thing, particularly when you’re the one...

May 12, 2015

How Hiring a Convicted Felon Changed a Business and Saved a Life

By Elise Hilton No doubt about it: hiring a convicted felon is a gamble. For...

May 08, 2015

Celebrating the Work of Mothers

By Joseph Sunde In a stunning video, Matt Bieler strings together beautiful images and a few...

May 08, 2015

Boyhood, the Masculine Spirit, and the Formative Power of Work

By Joseph Sunde The modern age has introduced many blessings when it comes to child-rearing and...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

François Michelin — The Anti-Gordon Gekko

By Sarah Stanley François Michelin (1926-2015), former leader of the the world’s second-largest tire maker,...

April 28, 2015

Pope Francis and the Idea of Christian Poverty

By Oskari Juurikkala To provide a synthesis of Pope Francis’s thinking on the economy is both...

April 23, 2015

Workers and Laborers or Kings and Priests?

By John Bolt The following is an adapted excerpt from Economic Shalom, John Bolt’s Reformed primer...

April 21, 2015

Smitty the Artisan Bricklayer

By Chris Horst For two summers during college, I worked ten-hour days under the hot...