For many of us, the current season is full of great eagerness and anticipation. Perhaps you’ve been working from home, and now there is the potential of going back to the office soon. Perhaps you were furloughed over previous weeks, but now you are hearing...
‘So, what do you do?’ We’ve all been asked this question more than a hundred times, right? It’s the go-to conversation starter from networking events to just hanging out and meeting someone new. People ask what we do for a living because the answer colors in a lot...
We have entered Spring, a season of physical growth. Trees are budding, perennials are emerging and chicks, ducklings and all sorts of animals are entering this world to begin their own journeys. Planet Earth is in full swing of its annual rebirth. As creatures of this...
We are in an interesting season of life right now thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of us are trying to adapt to the new normal of quarantines and social distancing, while others are boycotting the phrase “new normal” because it implies a permanency to...
We are walking in a very unique time in the life of our country. Never is the everyday work of Christians as evident as when the gathered church is no longer able to meet. Christians right now are cast into the middle of serving the...
All work has dignity because it reflects God’s image in us, and also because the material creation we are called to care for is good. The Greeks saw death as a friend because it liberated us from the prison of physical life. The Bible sees...
I recently attended a new event here in Fort Wayne hosted by the Northeast Indiana Center for Faith and Work where the focus is on living our faith in our actual work. There were people of all demographics in the room, wide eyed and ready...
We live in a world where everyone and everything clamors for our time. Calendars are full with meetings and activities. Oftentimes there is more work to do than hours in the day. The lines between work and life become blurred as we borrow from the...
In 1551, Robert Estienne created a numbering system for his edition of the Greek New Testament which was also later used in his 1553 French publication of the Bible. To this day, Estienne's numbering system is what we see when we read our Bibles and...
Throughout his physical time on this earth we often see Jesus engaging individuals with extreme grace and a focus on getting right to the heart of their personal brokenness. No where is this more evident than in the story of the rich young ruler recounted...
I'm excited to share with you the launch of the Northeast Indiana Center for Faith and Work. After many months of prayer, preparation and advisory conversations with dozens of individuals, we’re stepping forward this month with an organization that we believe can play a critical...