Work makes us interdependent. Work cultivates the resources of the material and human universe. Work is the form in which we make ourselves useful to others; civilization is...
As we suggested in our last post, our careers, occupations and jobs may change throughout our lifetime. Our vocational calling, however, remains constant. This can be confusing, especially...
The doctrine of vocation was developed with its greatest rigor by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the other reformers, as we have seen before. They believed that our...
We are confronted with a wall between personal faith and public work, here at the beginning of the 21st century. The wall has been raised by two distortions...
Have you every heard someone say, “Did you hear about Jim Smith? He quit his job at the bank to go into full time Christian service.” I would...
“Co-belligerency can make a certain kind of sense, if you have your wits about you.” Doug Wilson The Christian employee, surrounded by non-Christians at work, can take great...
When you tried to figure out what to do with your life, I bet you didn’t go to the book of Genesis for direction. But as we’ve been...
We have been talking about the Cultural Mandate found in Genesis 1:28, And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the...
The difference between barbarism and culture is, simply, work. —Lester DeKoster I have an odd collection: a business card from every job I have worked since college and...
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