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Your Next Season of Life: Vacation or Vocation?
It surprises some to discover that retirement is not a biblical concept. In his book, An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God’s Purpose for the Next Season of Life, Jeff Hannan helps people make the most of what can be the most influential time of life. “People talk about...
Theology of Work for Students
This article was written by Luke Bobo of Made to Flourish introduces the importance of integrating faith and work conversations within youth ministries and homes. "The missing piece of youth ministry: Why they need a theology of work" For believers, whether 17 or...
Every Job a Parable: What Walmart Greeters, Nurses & Astronauts Tell Us About God
Okay, my work matters to God. But how, you ask? John Van Sloten can help. He loves practicing the spiritual discipline of watching people work. For his new book, Every Job a Parable, he interviewed Walmart greeters, engineers, auto mechanics,...
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...
Jesus' Extraordinary Ordinary Work
In his book Work Matters, Tom Nelson reminds us that Jesus was well established in his career as a carpenter before he became an itinerant teacher. Jesus’s work life tells us that he did not think being a carpenter was somehow below him or a poor use of his many gifts....
Discover God's Purpose for Your Life
Would you like to better understand how God designed you and discover your unique calling? The Center for Faith & Work is pleased to offer a unique process that equips and empowers Christians to discover their role in God's plan, and transform where they live and work for His glory....
5 Ways Pastors Can Affirm Faith, Calling, and Vocation
More and more pastors are awakening to the fact that they can’t ignore how most people spend the bulk of their time between Sundays— 40, 60, or 80 hours a week working. Besides preaching and teaching from the numerous passages in the Bible that offer workplace wisdom, people need to see...
Discover Your Destiny for the Workplace
God designed you for a purpose...Something He knew you’d love to do! You’ve been following a path throughout your life. Sometimes you’ve chosen the path; other times it’s been chosen for you. Some activities have worn you out; some have energized you. In the brightest, most memorable points...
Vocation Overview | Theology of Work Project
Are you called to your work? Even though we talk about vocation—the Latin derivative of calling—does God really call people to “secular” work? When Christians talk about “calling,” we usually think about calling to a particular type of ministry of religious work. However, since all work is...
Never Describe Yourself as Just a ...
Do you ever wonder if your job is important? Workplace MOJO offers three good reasons why you should never use the word just --"I’m just a bank teller," for example--when explaining your work. At the Center for Faith & Work we believe that both you and your work have inherent...
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