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May 2015

May 19, 2015

God Wants to Use You

by Ann Voskamp Nick Vujicic tells his story. The morning of December 4, 1982, moments...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

The Five Biggest Career Mistakes Christians Make

by J. B. Wood For years I was stuck in a mindset that placed an...

March 16, 2015

Trapped: The Church Vocation Issue We Don’t Talk About

by Gordon Atkinson I want to bring up something that church people don’t talk about...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Talking with VeggieTales Founder Phil Vischer

What does it mean when God gives a dream, and the dream comes true, and...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Vocational Courage and Renewal: An Interview with Parker Palmer

Ten years after its first release, Parker Palmer is republishing his book of encouragement for...

January 30, 2015

A Call to Transform Our Work and Professions

by Stacy Jackson Have you heard the story of the three bricklayers? Preachers often use it...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

A Pastor Gets Acupuncture and You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next

by Jason Byassee I’m not the sort of person inclined to try alternative medicine. We vaccinate...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Challenges and Crises in Seminary and University Education

by Bob Robinson How well do our educational institutions support and promote living out our...

October 16, 2014

Your Work Is Not as Important as You Want It To Be: A Review of Mark Labberton’s New Book

The American church is in crisis. We have traded Christ’s passion for our own church...

October 03, 2014

If You Have a Calling, Then You Have a Caller

Ephesians 4:1-3 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a...

October 01, 2014

Is My Work a Calling?

Ephesians 4:1-3 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Calling All Christians

by Skye Jethani For years I served as a teaching pastor at my church, but then...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Will Technology Shape Your Identity and Your Faith?

As a kid, I created whole worlds in my bedroom out of Legos. For my...

August 26, 2014

[INFOGRAPHIC] Reconsidering Retirement

Not ready for retirement? Yeah, most people aren't these days. There are two ways you...

August 08, 2014

Farewell, Middle Class Morality: What Comes Next?

The Middle Class is dying. So what? This question opens A.O. Scott’s fascinating response to...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Making Money: Your Money Or Your (Spiritual) Life

It’s nice to make money, isn't it? Now don't give me that look. A healthy...

July 15, 2014

I Was an Unpaid Intern for an Oscar-Nominated Director

I stared at the notice on NYU’s job and internship database. It was my second...

July 14, 2014

Finding Life’s Most Fulfilling Work

A single mom with two kids was facing some hard financial times last December. She...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Pursuing Justice and Mercy: An Interview With Mike Rusch, COO for Pure Charity

by Glynn Young Q: Tell us about your career so far and the high calling...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Four Biblical Mandates to Take Justice Seriously in Your Work and Around the World

For most of us, the idea of justice seems like something from a comic book....

May 29, 2014

[VIDEO] Faithful in a Little

What do you do when there's a gap between your gifts and talents and the...

May 26, 2014

Bono’s Three Rules for Career Reinvention

By Stephen Martin. I recently saw a photo of Bono, famed front man of Irish rock...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

VIDEO: You Will Be Inspired by How These Millennials Serve God in Their Work

The faith and work movement is getting old. It is time to educate and empower...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Is all work a high calling?

Is it true that each of us are called to our particular work roles? Consider...