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August 2016

August 17, 2016

Is God Opposed to Christians Making Lots of Money?

By Joseph Sunde “Being Godly doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to be wealthy. God...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Finding Meaning and Beauty as a Fast Food Worker

By Joseph Sunde “This is not what I thought I’d be doing at twenty-seven.” So...

April 07, 2016

The Disabled Deserve the Dignity of Work

By Joe Carter Last week, Hillary Clinton became the first major presidential candidate to ever...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

Gospel as Oasis: Bringing Economic Flourishing to Urban Deserts

By Joseph Sunde “The Bible has a rich desert theology…He will cause rivers to flow,...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

How Churches Can Help the 93 Percent of U.S. Counties That Haven’t Recovered From Recession

By Joe Carter “Anyone claiming that America’s economy is in decline is peddling fiction,” said...

January 21, 2016

Executive Stewardship: Where Work and Wage Meet

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

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Over-Educated and Under-Trained: Mike Rowe on the Need for Philosophizing Welders

By Joseph Sunde Marco Rubio has inspired plenty of chin-stroking over his recent remarks about welders...

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 11, 2015

‘Crucified Love’ — The Human Side of the Greek Crisis

By Dylan Pahman In Thessaloniki, Greece, Fr. Eleftherios pulls down from the wall behind him...

August 2015

August 11, 2015

Does Walmart Do More for the Global Poor than the Vatican?

By Joe Carter In reply to Pope Francis’s recent criticism of free market capitalism, AEI’s...

June 2015

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...

May 2015

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....

April 2015

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...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

How to Find Joy and Meaning in Your Work

By Charlie Self One of our favorite coffee shops when we lived in Washington, D.C....

February 2015

February 13, 2015

In Praise of Trade Schools

By Anthony Bradley One of the benefits of a Christian theology of work is that...

February 11, 2015

A Parable for the Unemployed

By Jordan Ballor The theme of work recurs and reverberates throughout the Christian scriptures. We...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

God Is With You in the Workplace (Whether You Know It or Not)

This post is part of a symposium on vocation between the Patheos Faith and Work Channel and...