Making Work Meaningful
This is a great TEDx talk by Ryan Hartwig, co-author of Teams that Thrive. It’s called “The Myth of Meaningful Work.” Does this mean that we are wrong-headed in wanting our work to be meaningful? Not...
View ArticleTo Be Productive is to Be Fruitful in Good Works
What Does God Want Done? Good works. What God wants done are good works. We see this right in Matthew 5:16, where Jesus sums up for us the entire purpose of our lives: “Let your light shine before...
View ArticleDoing Good Work that Matters Doesn’t Happen Accidentally
Everything you do can become an agent for good. The activities of our everyday lives are themselves part of the good works God created us for in Christ (Ephesian 2). And, therefore, they have great...
View ArticleWinning at Work
This is an excellent message by Chip Roper, one of the best current thinkers on faith and work, delivered recently at the New York City chapter of the New Canaan Society. It’s called “Winning at Work.”...
View Article4 Big Ideas on Work
One of the best books on the doctrine of work is Leland Ryken’s Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure. I highly recommend it. Here are four big ideas from his book that go to...
View ArticleDorothy Sayers: Clamor to be Engaged in Work Worth Doing
Sometimes, Dorothy Sayers sounds like Seth Godin. Here’s what she says in her superb essay “Why Work?,” referring to one of the main implications of the view of work she has just outlined: A fourth...
View ArticleWhat Christians Can Learn from Secular Business Thinking: My Article in...
As a companion piece with the article on Jon Acuff, I wrote an article for Christianity Today on why Christians need to be learning from secular business thinkers. More and more Christians have been...
View ArticleBeing Gospel-Centered at Work
More and more people are asking today the important question, “How does the gospel relate to my work?” There is a lot that can be said on this, and for the best treatment out there I recommend Tim...
View ArticleChanging the World Through Gospel-Driven Productivity
That’s the title of the message I gave at The Summit Institute this spring. They are a fantastic ministry of Summit Church (North Carolina) that equips Christians to more effectively engage in the...
View ArticleIs Calling Some Jobs Essential a Helpful Way of Speaking?
Yesterday the governor of my state, Andrew Cuomo, said this: You want to go to work? Go take a job as an essential worker. As someone who works professionally in the field of career development, I...
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