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November 2016

November 08, 2016

Help People, Not Banks: Reflections on the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics

By Victor V. Claar The 2016 Nobel Prize in economics was jointly awarded to Oliver...

October 2016

October 19, 2016

Lessons on Work as Service from a Hotel Housekeeper

By Joseph Sunde When it comes to basic definitions of work, I’ve found great comfort...

October 10, 2016

This Mayor Helped the Homeless By Giving Them Jobs

By Joe Carter The scene can be found in almost every major U.S. city: a...

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Stewarding Retirement: Why a Christian’s Work Never Ends

By Joseph Sunde As Christians in the modern economy, we face a constant temptation to...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

What Is the Meaning of Work?

By Caroline Roberts Working comprises the bulk of most people’s adult lives. Unfortunately, many people...

June 2016

June 14, 2016

3 Things to Know About Stewardship

By Joe Carter Note: Please forgive the self-promotion, but since my new book — the NIV...

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...

March 2016

March 04, 2016

Why Capitalism Is Really About Love

In a recent lecture at the Acton Institute, Jeffrey Tucker, Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me, explains...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Aslan’s Song of Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde When we think about “stewardship,” our minds tend to revert to the material and...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Life in Exile: Bringing Peace and Prosperity to Rural New York

By Evan Koons We’ve got another testimony for you. This one is from Judilynn Niedercorn...

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 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...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

Justice Requires Love – Watch

By Evan Koons It’s been a heart-wrenching few weeks. We have witnessed horrific acts 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 15, 2015

Spiritual Competition and the Zero-Sum Game

By Jordan Ballor One of the main criticisms of the market economy leveled by people...

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....

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...

April 2015

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 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 04, 2015

Sacrifice and Self-Interest in the Marketplace

By Jordan Ballor One of the complaints often rendered against the market economy is that...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Restaurant Owner with Down Syndrome Shares His Gift

By Joseph Sunde At 14 years old, Tim Harris dreamed of owning his own restaurant....

December 2014

December 19, 2014

My Letter from the Economy of Wisdom

By Evan Koons Dear Everybody, Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding,...

December 09, 2014

How a Shoe Builds Civilization

By Joseph Sunde Can something as simple as a shoe build civilization? I recently had...

December 03, 2014

Disability, Service, and Stewardship

By Jordan Ballor There’s a dangerous tendency in America today to view disabilities of various...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Walking on Water

By Evan Koons World-renowned fine artist, and special guest in Episode 6 of For the...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Serving the Least of These Through Our Daily Work

By Joseph Sunde When discussing the Christian call to service, we often hear references to Matthew...