Articles
Living in the Lion's Den Without Being Eaten
How does God want us to live in a caustic culture that's becoming increasingly hostile to biblical values? Should we isolate ourselves and associate only with other like-minded individuals? Join the demonstrations? Fight back on secularists' terms? Retreat within the shelter of our...
How to Boost Creativity in Yourself and Others
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and of course R.G. LeTourneau were all exceptional innovators and creative geniuses in their fields. But is creativity limited to a rare breed of innovative human beings? Until recently, research about creativity...
Transformational Assessment Practices | Assessment and the Kingdom of God: Part 3
John Lommel, Senior Director of Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness at LeTourneau, considers the biblical place of assessment in God's Kingdom. In Part 3 of a three-part series, he describes how to change the cultural narrative of assessment into one that is kingdom centered...
Are Employees Withholding Valuable Information?
According to an article in Harvard Businesss Review, your employees may be withholding valuable information that you need as a leader. James Detert and Ethan Burris write, Maybe it’s about a project that’s gone off track or a manager who’s behaving badly. Or maybe they’re not...
Faith in the Workplace | Legal Protections for Business Owners
Changes in our culture and legal system cause many Christian business owners to wonder to what extent their business can reflect their faith and if it’s even possible to run a business in a way that glorifies God. An Employer’s Guide to Faith in the Workplace was created by...
Best Books on Faith and Work
The past few decades, numerous books have been written on integrating faith and work. We've created an annotated list of the best books on theology of work, calling and vocation, business and ethics, practical application, prayer, leadership and engaging culture. Title, Author...
What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life
"A few years ago, DisneyWorld executives were wondering what most captured the attention of toddlers and infants at their theme park and hotels in Orlando, Florida. So they hired me and a cultural anthropologist to observe them as they passed by all the costumed cast members, animated...
Work and Cultural Renewal
In this article Pastor Tim Keller describes the place work should have in a Christian's responsibility to renew culture. Also, you might be interested in a sermon Keller preached entitled "What is Christian Cultural Renewal?"
Creating Culture | Our best response to the world is to make something of it.
Author Andy Crouch discusses appropriate postures Christians should take toward culture. He suggests that condemning, critiquing, copying and consuming are each appropriate responses to culture at certain times toward specific cultural products.