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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 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 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 15, 2015

Wonder Rush – Go to the Limits of Your Longing

By Evan Koons St. Porphyrios writes “Whoever wants to become a Christian must first become a...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Firstfruits Economics

By Joseph Sunde “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all...

March 10, 2015

Everyday Christianity: A Faith Free From The Accidental Pharisaism of Missional, Radical, Crazy, and Other Superlatives

By Anthony Bradley Every day matters. This is the very simple message of what it...

March 09, 2015

Why Gender Matters for Christian Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde “By putting male and female together as the image of God, there’s...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Whatever We Endeavor, All of It Is His

By Abraham Kuyper The following is an excerpt from Abraham Kuyper’s Rooted and Grounded, reprinted...

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....

February 11, 2015

The Beauty of Oyster Farming

By Joseph Sunde The oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay has severely dwindled, amounting to less...

February 04, 2015

The 7 Best Super Bowl Commercials About Vocation and Stewardship

By Joe Carter Contrary to the trite assertion made every year by people who don’t...

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...

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 03, 2014

Disability, Service, and Stewardship

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

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Pilgrims, Property Rights, and the Source of Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde Each Thanksgiving brings with it an opportunity to pause, meditate, and express our...

November 19, 2014

Knowledge: Something or Someone?

By Evan Koons Scrolling through Facebook last week, I stumbled on a meme that I...

November 18, 2014

King David on the Heart of Christian Stewardship

By Joseph Sunde We live amid unprecedented economic prosperity, and with the promise of globalization...

November 05, 2014

8 Lessons on Work and Stewardship from Disney’s ‘Silly Symphonies’

By Joseph Sunde Teaching our children about the value and virtues of hard work and...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

‘Work Is a Good Thing for Man’

By Elise Hilton I was transfixed by this video the other day. The simplicity of...

October 28, 2014

The School of Love Acceptance Letter

By Evan Koons Dear Sir or Madam, Congratulations! I’d like to formally acknowledge your enrollment in,...

October 14, 2014

Exile Supply Pack: Expand Your FLOW Experience

By Joseph Sunde The Acton Institute’s new film series, For the Life of the World: Letters to...

October 06, 2014

The Image of God and You

By Jordan Ballor Conversations about human dignity often, and rightly, refer to the biblical concept...

October 01, 2014

‘Abraham Kuyper Goes Pop’ in FLOW

By Elise Hilton Andy Crouch, Christian author, musician and former Acton University plenary speaker, reviews For...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Everything Really Is Awesome

By Jordan Ballor There’s much for lovers of faith and freedom to appreciate in the new LEGO...

August 2014

August 31, 2014

Kuyper on the ‘Sacred Calling’ of Scholarship

By Joseph Sunde The church has found a renewed interest in matters of “faith-work integration,”...

August 27, 2014

What Is ‘For the Life of the World’?

By Evan Koons There’s a number of ways you could have heard about For the Life...

August 14, 2014

Letters to the Exiles: A New Approach to Cultural Engagement

By Joseph Sunde “What is our salvation actually for?” It’s a question that Christians neglect...

August 13, 2014

Sixpence Economics

By Jordan Ballor At the conclusion of the first of his two chapters exploring the...