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July 2015

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...

July 08, 2015

Unsanctified Mercy: Integrating Compassion and Conviction for Human Flourishing

By Charlie Self Compassion is a marvelous virtue. Feeling concern for others and acting sacrificially...

July 08, 2015

Work and Prayer: Of Coins, Sheep, and Men

By Jordan Ballor One of the most famous stories from the Bible is that of...

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 23, 2015

Why the Price System is One of God’s Artworks

By Joe Carter At an auction in 2007 Andreas Gursky turned 99 cents into $3.34 million. Well,...

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 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 08, 2015

Unemployment as Economic-Spiritual Indicator: May 2015 Report

By Joe Carter Series Note: Jobs are one of the most important aspects of a...

June 04, 2015

Dear Grads: Welcome To Work

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

June 02, 2015

Pentecost Reimagined: How the Spirit Reveals New Economies

By Charlie Self Pentecost Sunday: The Holy Spirit comes with tongues of fire and an “incendiary community” is...

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

Dignity: A Dinosaur

By Dylan Pahman What does human dignity look like in real life? A decade ago...

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

The Church: Christ’s Body Offered to the Father

By Evan Koons Remember this: the church is the body of Christ, given as a...

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 29, 2015

The Disease of Self-Chosen Sacrifice

By Joseph Sunde In our efforts to serve others and do good in the world,...

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...

April 20, 2015

A Market for Disability: Down Syndrome and the Economic Imagination

By Joseph Sunde In a powerful profile of his son Jamie, a young man with Down syndrome,...

April 14, 2015

Is There Hope for the Workplace?

By Peter Johnson Bill Dalgetty’s Hope for the Workplace: Christ in You is rich with stories of...

April 07, 2015

Bring Back Childhood Chores: How Hard Work Cultivates Character

By Joseph Sunde Today’s parents are obsessed with setting their kids on strategic paths to...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

How Entrepreneurs Practice Their Faith Through Companies

By Chris Horst Since the Hobby Lobby case, there’s been lots of talk about what makes...