Culture and Worldview
Sharpen your perspective on the value of work and business to God’s kingdom
A Film That Fosters Human Flourishing
Same Kind of Different As Me released last week in theaters across the country. It's the true story of Ron and Deborah Hall, and Denver Moore, the homeless man God brought into their life. It's a beautiful reminder of how one person or one couple can impact a community, a city...
LeTourneau Live | At Your Church or Group
LeTourneau University and the Center for Faith & Work are committed to helping you bridge the gap between Sunday and Monday, and equip your people for Kingdom impact at work. Your worship center may be empty on Monday, but the people who filled the pews Sunday are now deployed in the...
Vocational Faithfulness | Amy Sherman
The videos from the TED-style talks from the 2016 Faith@Work Summit in Dallas are now available online at Vimeo. As an introduction to this outstanding library of 15-minute videos, we're featuring one of our favorites, Dr. Amy Sherman's talk on vocational Faithfulness. Vocational...
The State of Faith & Work
We are entering a vocational renaissance. Technological innovation and generational transition are transforming the way we work. Over the last five years, Barna Group and the Center for Faith & Work at LeTourneau University have tracked these changes and compiled research to better...
All Work Matters | Mike Rowe
In a recent interview on Meet the Press, Mike Rowe, the former host of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs,” lamented what he perceives to be a general lack of enthusiasm for work—and a particular lack of enthusiasm for the kind of work featured on his show: physically-demanding, often socially...
Fail Forward
Some people refuse to use the word failure. Instead, they substitute words like slip-up, setback, glitch, mistake—or at least frame the failure in a positive light. Take IBM founder Thomas Watson, for example. He was legendary for his ability to turn a serious mistake into a...
Abraham Kuyper's Theology of Spring for Winter-Weary Souls
"The very significance of spring is, that first there was winter, when Death swayed his scepter, and that now his dominion is broken and life is renewed. In this way all nature is one holy symbolism. And that same God who raised Christ from the dead, is He who, in the language of spring,...
The Lost Purpose for Learning: An Essay on United States Education With Implications for All Nations
As an organization engaged in higher education at a university that has historically and consistently teaches students that their work—as engineers, aviators, teachers, healthcare professionals, as well as pastors--matters to God and should be seen as a holy calling, almost all of our...
Where Is Your Hope Anchored?
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” —Václav Havel For the first time since the Great Depression, hopelessness describes the emotional...
Ten Commandments for Talking Politics in the Office
Let’s talk about politics--and do it with grace. As Christians, we represent Christ in everything we do. So let’s hold each other accountable to a level of discourse that honors Christ with these Ten Commandments for Talking Politics (or facebooking politics, tweeting politics, ...