“But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away…” John 16:7 It is certainly right to place great emphasis on Christ’s birth...
All this talk we have been doing on economic principles allows us to consider “the economy” in an entirely new light. We now know that the broad and...
Following up on our post discussing cultural movements in the 17th-19th centuries that have shaped our view of work, let’s not fail to address Karl Marx. While Marxism...
While the Reformers and the Puritans helped to recover the Biblical understanding of “calling” and how it applies to the everyday work of all Christians, their efforts were...
It is with both sadness and great hope in Jesus that we reflect on the April 21 passing of our friend and fellow brother in Christ, Charles “Chuck”...
Recently we have looked at how the early church and the church in the Middle Ages drove a wedge between the sacred and secular aspects of the lives...
We have talked about the economic concept of comparative advantage and that ultimately we are better stewards of our gifts, strengths and resources when we hone in on...
In our last post, we saw how the contribution of the early church fathers created the idea that pursuing the contemplative life or a professional role in the...
By the beginning of the third century we begin to see a subtle shift in the way Christians understood vocation. Conflicts with Jews and pagans gave rise to...
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