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October 2016

October 04, 2016

‘None of This Is Mine’: Alton Brown on Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde In an interview with Eater, celebrity chef Alton Brown was asked how...

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...

September 15, 2016

Can Overproduction Ever Be Good Stewardship?

By Tyler Groenendal Overproduction, simply put, is supply in excess of demand. It is the...

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...

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Bruce Wayne: A Capitalist Superhero

By Daniel Menjivar The real hero of the recently released Batman v. Superman film is an...

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...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

3 Lessons on Social Institutions from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

By Jordan Ballor Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s letter to their daughter may indeed be...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Living in the Mystery of Kingdom Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde When it comes to economic stewardship, Christians are called to a frame of...

January 2016

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...

January 20, 2016

Gospel Entrepreneurs

By Joseph Sunde In his book, Risky Gospel, Owen Strachan calls Christians to an active life...

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...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Kuyper: ‘Think About Your Shepherding’

By Jordan Ballor Over at the Calvinist International I’ve posted the text of a Christmas meditation...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

The Frontier Spirit of ‘The Martian’

By Dylan Pahman After the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel...

November 10, 2015

What Christians Should Know About Consumption

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Consumerism Gone Wild....

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 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 13, 2015

Immigrants, Refugees, and the Conversionary Tale of Jean Valjean

By Evan Koons As heated talks on immigration flare up and the horrible injustice of...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Show Me the Way to Poverty

By Dylan Pahman In a recent speech in Bolivia, Pope Francis voiced his indictment of what...

September 16, 2015

FLOW Gift Pack: Now Available on RightNow Media

The Acton Institute’s latest film series, For the Life of the World: Letters to the Exiles,...

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 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 11, 2015

Chalk Art For the Life of the World

By Joseph Sunde In his review of the Acton Institute’s film series, For the Life of the World:...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Entrepreneurial Stewardship: Owner Gives Away Millions to Employees

By Sarah Stanley Employees of the Huizenga Automation Group got a great surprise last spring....

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 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 03, 2015

Gift, Gratitude, and the Grace of Stewardship

By Jordan Ballor There’s a misunderstanding of the nature of gifts and giving that is...

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 05, 2015

Dig Deeper: The Writers and Thinkers Behind ‘FLOW’

By Evan Koons Hello Fr-angers and St-riends, Perhaps you’ve completed For the Life of the...