In this difficult economy, a lot of people are out of work or suffering from a loss of income. We see it on the news, in our communities, in our churches, and even in our own homes. Listen as Haddon Robinson and Alice Mathews speak with Chuck Fritsma about how you can help someone through a season of unemployment.

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Practical Ways You Can Help Those Dealing With Unemployment Or The Loss Of Income

So much of our life is spent at work. And when we lose a job, it can deliver a crushing blow. Join Haddon Robinson and Alice Mathews as they talk with Chuck Fritsma about how to get through a season of unemployment.

http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/discover-practical-tools-on-how-to-get-through-a-season-of-unemployment

Discover Practical Tools on How to Get Through a Season of Unemployment

If you’ve ever been asked to go against your beliefs to keep your job, you know the tough decision at stake. It’s important to be prepared for those tough choices well in advance.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/the-importance-of-being-prepared-when-it-comes-to-choosing-a-job-or-walking

The Importance of Being Prepared When It Comes to Choosing a Job, Or Walking Away From One

Christopher Ziegler is the senior pastor of Trinitarian Congregational Church, Wayland, MA. www.tccwayland.org
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/live-out-loud-work//
For more on Genesis 1, go to: http://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-1-11-and-work/god-creates-and-equips-people-to-work-genesis-126-225/people-are-created-in-gods-image-genesis-126-27-51/

Christopher Ziegler, "Live Out Loud: Work"

Men and women must work, that is as certain as the sun. But we may work grudgingly, or we may work gratefully; we may work as people or as machines. There is no work so rude that we may not exalt it; no work so impassive that we may not breathe a soul into it; no work so dull that we may not enliven it if we understand that what we are doing is service for our Lord Jesus Christ. - Henry Giles (19th-century American preacher) 

It’s not always easy to find significance and meaning in the mundane assignments on our plate everyday. Bring new life to your workweek with a thought-provoking study in Ephesians.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/discover-how-to-bring-meaning-to-your-ordinary-workday

Discover How to Bring Meaning to Your Ordinary Workday

Do you enjoy your work? We’re to serve Jesus Christ on our jobs because it is there that we reflect the deepest commitments that we have.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/improving-our-work-ethic

Improving Our Work Ethic

Sometimes work can feel like a burden, but it’s beneficial because it provides for our daily needs. In the same way, it may feel like a burden to work for Christ. But when we’re obedient, God faithfully and graciously provides for us in return.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/gods-generosity-in-providing-us-with-work-for-his-kingdom

God’s Generosity in Providing Us With Work For His Kingdom(The Laborers in the Vineyard; Part 1)

It’s possible to spend years searching for what God wants you to do with your life, and still not feel like you’ve figured it out! Our faith in God is key to finding our purpose.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/understanding-gods-call-on-our-lives//

Understanding God’s Call On Our Lives

This is the first talk in a series on Faith and Work, given by Andy Mills in the summer of 2013 at Camp of the Woods, New York. Andy Mills is the retired CEO of Thomson Financial and Professional Publishing Group, and the current Chairman of the Board of The King's College in New York City.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/how-discussing-work-on-vacation-might-just-change-your-life/

The Problem Of Work

A talk by Theology of Work Project Executive Editor on what it means to be called by God in a job that you don't like. Given at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston on January 26, 2014.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/what-does-calling-mean-if-you-hate-your-job/

William Messenger - What does calling mean if you hate your job?

This episode features a sermon preached by Will Messenger entitled, “What does calling mean if you hate your job?” Will Messenger is the executive editor of the Theology of Work Project. The Theology of Work Project exists to provide a Biblical perspective on faith and work. Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @TheoWorkProject, and visit us at our home on the web, theologyofwork.org.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/what-does-calling-mean-if-you-hate-your-job/

What Does Calling Mean if You Hate Your Job?

This is the third talk in a series on faith and work given by Andy Mills in the summer of 2013 at Camp of the Woods, New York. Andy Mills is the former CEO of the Thomson Financial and Professional Publishing unit of The Thomson Corporation. He currently serves as the Co-Chairman of the Theology of Work Project.
For complete show notes go to www.theologyofwork.org/resources/howshouldwework//

Part 3: How Should We Work

This is the fourth talk of Andy Mills' five-part series on faith and work. Andy Mills is the former CEO of the Thomson Financial and Professional Publishing unit of The Thomson Corporation. He currently serves as the Co-Chairman of the Theology of Work Project.
For complete show notes, go to www.theologyofwork.org/resources/theimpactofwork.

Part 4: The Impact of Work

Hello and welcome to the Theology of Work Podcast. The Theology of Work Project exists to provide a Biblical perspective on faith and work. This episode features a talk that Andy Mills gave in 1997 at a Marketplace Network forum in Boston. For complete show notes go to www.theologyofwork.org/resources/climbingtheladderofsuccess. For more information, visit our home on the web, www.theologyofwork.org, find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @TheoWorkProject.


Climbing the Ladder of Success

Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project, William Messenger preached this sermon at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is the sixth sermon in a series, "God in All Things."
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/experiencing-god-at-work

Experiencing God at Work, William Messenger

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is Senior Fellow at the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer City to City. In this interview with Larry Linenschmidt at the Hill Country Institute in Austin, Texas, she talks about the progression of her career from a disillusioned school teacher, a CEO of a high-tech company during the dot-com collapse, and later to her work with the Center for Faith & Work. She credits the gospel with changing everything—her life and career—and she speaks freely about struggling with failure. "One of the distinctives of Christians should be that we can face failure, respond to failure and talk about failure more openly than anyone else, because we know it doesn't define us." The theology of the gospel of Jesus Christ—"You are far worse than you ever dared think, and you are far more loved than you ever dared hope"—helped her repent, pray and grow in humility, forgiveness, excellence and passion in her career. 

Special thanks to  Hill Country Institute Live: Exploring Christ & Culture.

http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/facing-success-and-failure-with-the-gospel

Facing Success and Failure with the Gospel

Welcome to the Theology of Work Podcast. The Theology of Work Project exists to provide a Biblical perspective on faith and work. This episode features a talk John Brandon gave at a Marketplace Network Forum in Boston. John Brandon is Vice President, International at Apple, Inc. 

Please note, due to technical difficulties, the original recording begins after the first few seconds of Brandon’s talk. 

http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/is-honesty-always-the-best-policy

Is Honesty Always the Best Policy? John Brandon

This episode features a talk Dr. Richard A. Swenson gave at a Marketplace Network Forum in Boston. You can visit his website at www.richardswenson.org. For more information, visit our home on the web, www.theologyofwork.org, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @TheoWorkProject.
http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/balance-or-burnout-a-matter-of-margin/

Balance or Burnout: A Matter of Margin

You have an inner need to work because you are made in the image of God; it's a good thing that you also have something the world needs through your work. The world needs you to provide your share of your household's needs, to the degree you are able in each season of your life. The world needs you to invest in others' work. Some ways include providing means, welcoming and encouraging, cooperating, appreciating others' work, protecting, partnering, and, of course, buying others' work. God is the source of your ability to give the world what it needs.

Will Messenger preached this sermon on October 18, 2015, at Reservoir Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He referenced these scripture passages: John 5:17, 9:4; Genesis 2:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Ruth 2:17-23; Mark 4:3-9, 20.

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/you-have-something-the-world-needs

You Have Something the World Needs

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/redemption-the-peculiar-calling-of-jesus-followers/

Redemption: The Peculiar Calling of Jesus' Followers

On February 19, 2016, Andy Mills, co-chair and president of the Theology of Work Project, spoke to business students at the Believers in Business MBA Conference at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. 

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/believers-in-business-2016

Why Do You Work?

"We've probably been reading the Bible for many many years, but we probably don't think of work when we read it," says Dr. Clint Le Bruyns. In this short interview, he provides an orientation to reading the Bible in the context of work. Dr. Le Bruyns is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Development in the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

www.theologyofwork.org/resources/reading-the-bible-through-workplace-eyes
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Dr. Clint Le Bruyns
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Reading the Bible Through Workplace Eyes, Clint LeBruyns

Nehemiah needed Ezra and Ezra needed Nehemiah. Andy Mills shares how a Theology of Work Project resource helps clarify a concern both pastors and business people have on their roles in building God's kingdom.

Visit www.theologyofwork.org and read "Bridging the Sacred-Secular Divide" here: https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/ezra-nehemiah-esther/nehemiah/restoration-of-the-wall-of-jerusalem-nehemiah-11-773/bridging-the-sacred-secular-divide/.

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/business-leaders-and-pastors-in-partnership

Bridging the Sacred-Secular Divide: Andy Mills

"Our family experience is the most important experience of our lives," says Dr. Armand Nicholi, Jr., "and on the negative side, the breakdown of the family contributes significantly to the major problems confronting society today." 

Eschewing the family as a political talking point, Dr. Nicholi discusses his research on the effects of inaccessible or absent parents on children at a Marketplace Forum Network event in Boston. In the talk, he also provides practical guidelines for developing a stable and secure family environment. 

Dr. Nicholi is well known for his book, The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/does-success-at-work-lead-to-failure-at-home

Does Success at Work Lead to Failure at Home?

How do you get people at work to dislike you and trust you? Listen as Will Messenger preaches on Jesus' parable on the two sons in Matthew 21:28-32. Messenger provides four dares to help transform your relationships at work.

Special thanks to Reservoir Church: http://www.reservoirchurch.org/sermon/get-people-dislike-trust-work-parable-two-sons/

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/how-to-get-people-at-work-to-dislike-you-and-trust-you

How to Get People at Work to Dislike You and Trust You

Could giftedness be one of the key ways to discern your calling? In this interview with the Theology of Work Project, Bill Hendricks discusses the significance of giftedness for vocation. Bill Hendricks is President of The Giftedness Center, a Dallas based consulting firm specializing in organizational design and strategic people management.

https://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/calling-and-giftedness

Calling and Giftedness

“When we talk about contextualizing," says Dr. Clint Le Bruyns, "what we are doing theologically and in following Christ in and through the world of work, it’s really about being more inclusive . . . being able to open ourselves up to the fullness of the Body of Christ so that we hear a little bit more clearly what God might be saying through the worldwide Church of God.” 

In this interview with the Theology of Work Project, Dr. Le Bruyns provides some directives for the faith and work movement as it seeks to contextualize the gospel for different workplace contexts. Dr. Le Bruyns is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Development in the School of Religion and Theology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 

www.theologyofwork.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheoWorkProject

Dr. Clint Le Bruyns
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClintLeBruyns

Contextualizing Faith and Work

Human life is a series of choices, and many of these involve vocation. According to Psalm 25, we should develop the habit of taking all such decisions to God. 

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/psalms-and-work/book-1-psalms-141/gods-guidance-in-our-work-psalm-25

God's Guidance In Our Work (Psalm 25)

Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego lived in the same world we do. In our world, if you stand up to a boss over an issue of, say, sexual harassment or falsification of data, you may suffer from it.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/daniel/sufferings-yet-rewards-for-faithful-witnesses-to-god-daniel-3

Don't Compromise Your Beliefs at Work (Daniel 3)

In 1 Corinthians 1:10 Paul is urging the Corinthians to overcome the factionalism that has damaged their unity. While he is not arguing for conformity of thought, he understands that a sense of common purpose and vision is essential. In the workplace, unity around shared values looks like Pharmacy managers in a large retail chain thinking of themselves as a critical part of the emergency response system, going out of their way to ensure that their patients get the correct medicines and care, instead of just selling prescriptions.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/new-testament/1-corinthians/the-need-for-a-common-vision-1-cor-110-17

Diversity vs. Shared Values at Work (1 Corinthians 1)

When we are faced with opposition or difficulty in our work, do seek God’s guidance in prayer or do we just throw up a quick prayer asking God to do what we want? 

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/samuel-kings-chronicles-and-work/from-tribal-confederation-to-monarchy-1-samuel/the-perils-of-treating-god-like-a-good-luck-charm-1-samuel-4

The Perils of Treating God Like a Good Luck Charm (1 Samuel 4)

Work can be one of the primary ways we respond to the Great Commandment to love God and other people. Every time you cross a street, you depend on the love shown you by the mechanics who did the most recent brake jobs on every car hurtling toward the intersection.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/new-testament/mark/economic-issues/our-work-fulfills-the-great-commandment-mark-1228-34

Our Work Fulfills The Great Commandment (Mark 12:28-34)

God gives people the ability to engage in economic production. We need to remember, however, that it is a gift of God. When we attribute our success entirely to our abilities and effort, we forget that God gave us those abilities as well as life itself.

Read the full article on the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/deuteronomy-and-work/gods-law-and-its-applications-deuteronomy-4442868/statues-and-ordinances-deuteronomy-444-2868/the-dangers-of-prosperity-deuteronomy-811-20

The Dangers of Prosperity, and the Need for Generosity (Deuteronomy 8-15)

Some situations may be redeemable. Others may be beyond redemption. From Noah to us, God looks for persons who can stand against the culture of sin in the workplace.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-1-11-and-work/people-work-in-a-fallen-creation-genesis-4-8/god-says-enough-and-creates-a-new-world-genesis-69-819

Rebuilding the World with God (Genesis 6-9)

The workplace consequences of living in God’s kingdom are profound. Kingdoms are concerned with governance, economics, agriculture, production, justice, and defense—issues we see in most workplaces.  Jesus’ teachings, as recorded by Matthew, speak directly to our life at work.

Read the full article on the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/new-testament/matthew/working-as-citizens-of-gods-kingdom-matthew-1-4

What It Means To Work For God's Kingdom (Matthew 1-4)

God’s provision is so great that even when his people’s homes are destroyed, lands confiscated, and rights violated, they still have enough to prosper themselves and bless others. But only if they depend on God. According to Jeremiah 29, the people must not only work faithfully, but pray faithfully for the community around them.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/jeremiah-lamentations/work-related-themes-in-the-book-of-jeremiah/blessing-the-wider-society-through-work-jeremiah-29

Bless Society Through Your Work (Jeremiah 29)

We live in a fallen, broken world and we cannot expect life without toil. We were made for work, but in this life that work is stained by all that was broken that day in the Garden of Eden.

Read the full article at the Theology of Work Project:
https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/genesis-1-11-and-work/people-fall-into-sin-in-work-genesis-31-24

People Fall into Sin at Work (Genesis 3:1-24)

The Theology of Work (TOW) Project exists to help people explore what the Bible and the Christian faith can contribute to ordinary work.

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