Tag: Theology of Work

Many Christians see work as just grueling labor. Embracing God's creative perspective transforms everyday toil into a joyful calling that enlivens our lives and neighborhoods....

As is typical, the first part of a new year is spent reflecting on the past year. For my organization, Discipling Marketplace Leaders (DML), it means collecting all...

Editor’s note: Excerpt taken from When Work Hurts by Meryl Herr. Copyright (c) 2025 by Meryl Ashley Cantley Herr. Used by permission of InterVarsity Press. www.ivpress.com The state...

Many Christians have a shrunken view of God's mission for us. You are the image of God! Your Creator made you to create....

There are seasons in life when we need fresh reminders of things we already know but haven’t fully contemplated in a while. This is particularly true when it...

Work can be hard, it can be boring, it can seem pointless. However, when it is seen as a calling, work has purpose, and God’s power and grace...

For the past several decades, I have met many in the marketplace who are suffering from an identity crisis yielding genuine frustration. When work and career have not...

Many of my peers have gone into retirement. Some of them were more than ready, others felt like it was time, and a few didn’t have a choice....

I have written previously about Joseph, Moses, Gideon, and others who best illustrate the biblical connection between God’s presence and human work that I call Immanuel labor. However,...

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