Named one of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 most influential black women in sports, Jasmine Bellamy is Vice President of Merchandising and Community...
Guest Barbara Villasenor is a co-lead of Google Christian Fellowship and founding member of Google's Inter Belief Network, an employee resource group...
You want to think of the workplace as a level playing field. But this is not always...
The love of God is precious and it is always there for you.
Integrate workplace issues into the study of the Old Testament by diving into the book of Ruth.
Perfectionism at work may sound like an asset, but it can ratchet up anxiety and steal your joy, energy, and creativity, leading...
We made the decision: Let’s build this company for our employees.
Apple's former SVP says: It's the person in the cubicle next to you, your employee who reports to you, your customer.
From the beauty of a job well done, to the ugliness of work gone wrong, work takes invisible realities and makes them...
Genesis 39:20-23 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s...
Today is Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent. It’s also Valentine’s Day! The two holidays needn’t be at odds with...
The words we use in our places of work have the power either to bless or curse, to build others up or...
Not all of us end up “doing what we love.” But we can love what we do, or at least to make...
Psalm 139:7-12 Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven...
Texts: Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:15 Dominant Thought: The nature of work is good and the purpose of...
Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but...
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The Lord is asking us here to do something that is very difficult: love yourself as God loves you.
1 John 3:16-24 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our...
Mark 1:9-11 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as...
2 Corinthians 5:14-19 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore...
John 13:31-35 When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified...
“Do what you love and the money will follow.” “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”...
Song of Songs is not a book we usually think of in connection with work and the economy. Certainly it has presented...
As the creator of Peanuts reminds us, the hours we spend at work are so much more than just “work” hours. Many...
Joseph Semprevivo, founder of a Joseph's Lite Cookies in Deming, New Mexico believes that creating a job is creating a sacred trust. Founded in 1986 and reaching $100 million in annual sales by...
Al Erisman is the Former Director of Technology at Boeing. He currently serves as the Executive-in-Residence at Seattle Pacific University, Director, Executive...
"I've had so many opportunities to be able to give people a little bit of God's love just by being present." Margo...
With election platforms taking shape and presidential candidates taking aim, it’s sometimes easy to confuse our politics...
In Psalm 26, David defends his integrity before God. It’s likely that he composed this poem in response to an attack upon...
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach was educated and later taught at the London School of Economics and then became dean of the City...
Our deepest yearnings cannot be fully expressed in words, so Christians must wholeheartedly embrace the arts.
Henry Kaestner is Chairman of Sovereign Capital, an investment firm he co-founded in 2011 that focuses on...
Jesus teaches that the greatest commandments are to love God radically and love others radically. How is this love different from every other love?
When we follow Jesus, we don’t stop sinning, but we stop enjoying our sins.
In what way does your occupation allow you to engage in the work of the imperishable kingdom?
More than ever before, humanity is in a crisis over work. People change jobs and careers ...
Just about every commentary on Ephesians labels 5:22-33 something like “Instructions for Marriage,” and for good reason. This passage focuses on the...
How do you find meaning in your work? How do you discern your calling? What is it...
How are you doing in your work life at being sympathetic and loving, at being compassionate and humble?
When Jesus was asked by one of the Jewish theologians which was the greatest commandment of all, he began by quoting a crucial passage from the Jewish law.
How can we love the Lord with our minds? This begins, I would suggest, with choosing to think about God.
This is the first talk of Andy Mills' five-part series on faith and work. Andy Mills is the former CEO of the...
Samantha thought the advice of her grad school professor was a little unusual—words given her as she was about to launch her...
The alarm buzzes. It’s 2 am. My husband and I rise, silent in the dark. We fumble for our clothes, put on...
Is Christianity primarily a matter of doing, thinking, or being? Chances are you know the "right answer."...
Is genuine ministry restricted to those in the clergy, or to those who work for a Christian organization? God can work through...
Whether you’re a full-time professional, or a stay-at-home mom, your perspective on work matters to God! Find practical help if you’re unemployed...
“For me, my faith is I treat every lawn mower that I’m making like Christ is going...
If we’re honest with ourselves, we often fall short of the kind of love we should express...
In Matthew chapter 22, Jesus gave us the greatest commandment, to love God with all our heart...
When we follow God, everything we say and do is a representation of God to the world...
Perhaps your daily tasks seem menial in the grand scheme of things. Well, you don’t have to work in a church or...
Whether you work in an office, on a delivery truck, or in the home, we’re called to worship God in our work...
When we think of worship, we picture churches on Sunday mornings, with the congregation singing hymns or...
Before my children were old enough to drive, I often found myself in the position of being a late night chauffeur. I'd...
About once a week, I’m asked the same question. “Don’t you hate your job?” A variation on the theme is, “How can you stand your job?” Well, I admit there are some days...
In Ephesians 3:18, Paul prays that we would have the power "to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."
At the age of 14, Scott Mooney was bitten by the entrepreneur bug. He started selling horse equipment out of his father's barn, then from a rented a location on a main street...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
Ken Duncan is one of the world’s most important landscape photographers. He and his wife, Pam, founded what today includes three galleries and a profitable Web site that sell Ken’s amazing photography, as...
As you read Ephesians 2, you get the idea that salvation by grace is a big deal. Verse 5 reveals that we...
As I write this reflection, I’m sitting by my Christmas tree, with instrumental carols playing softly in the background.
Every year, songwriters add new Christmas songs into the holiday mix. And, every year, most of those songs are quickly forgotten. If you check out the official ASCAP list of the most popular...
So now the LORD God proclaims: I myself am now against you! I will impose the case law penalties on you in the sight of the nations. Ezekiel 5:8 Ezekiel 5:8 contains a...
So I was standing in line at Starbucks, doing my usual coffee routine, and I saw one of the baristas, Carla, in...
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“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. And the very...
“Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will...
Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind. Psalms 49:10 Psalm 4...
“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you.” Luke 6:2...
When I was in college, my roommates and I would sometimes play a game that involved tough imaginary choices.
Sometimes it seems as if truth and love are enemies. For example, suppose your friend shows up wearing a hideous new shirt...
It’s nice to make money, isn't it? ...
After the death of King Solomon in 931 B.C., Israel was divided into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Both kingdoms failed in their faithfulness.
Usually, when Christians talk about salvation, we point to being saved from sin and death through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Salvation has to do with the promise of life after death. “Are you...
Glenda Hatchett is best known as the Emmy nominated host of Judge Hatchett, a television court show that aired from 2000-2008 and...
Paul sums up how to live: “Love your neighbor, and you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.” Then he cites four prohibitions from the ten commandments.
I can't read Psalm 8:4 without remembering how it sounds in the older translations: "What is man that Thou art mindful of him?" (KJV). And I can’t hear the classic translation of this...
Romans 5 outlines the terminal impact of Adam’s sin: because one man sinned, all will be condemned, all will die. Yet God’s...
Recently I received a note from a young woman who was struggling with a renewed sense of her own sinfulness. She saw clearly just how wrong her sin was and how much it...
You probably can recite the story of the Good Samaritan. Jesus' gospel parable is a staple of Sunday school classes and Bible...
The only way Christ can use us is by breaking us; it is the rule of our nature. Before the house can be built, the tree must be broken, or there is no...
The day I put on my first eyeglasses, I left the ophthalmologist’s office feeling like a 14-year-old with scaffolding attached. Then I walked outside and stopped dead. The trees had individual...
Martin Luther King, Jr., was somebody. On that, few people disagree. Born in Atlanta in 1929, he whizzed through school, skipping both ninth and twelfth grades. His college entrance exam score...
Since God made us inherently relational, relationships are not just incidental to work; they are essential.
A variety of attempts have been made to reduce the multitude of biblical commands to just a few overarching commands or principles. Some examples of this emphasize the importance of the Ten Commandments...
There is an undeniable attraction in reducing all the Bible’s moral imperatives to just one overarching command. For John Maxwell, this is...
For Alexander Hill, “the foundation of Christian ethics in business is the changeless character of God.”[22] The commands or principles that humans should follow are defined by the character of God. Note that...
It can be a challenge for a Christian to draw a point from a verse in the book of Exodus or especially...
The first commandment reminds us that everything in the Torah flows from the love we have for God, which in turn is...
When it comes to answering the question, ‘Does our work matter to God?’ most churches say yes. But they give different answers...
An integrated understanding of work from a biblical perspective needs to include a clear sense of Christian vocation, or calling. As Christians...
Leviticus teaches that Israelites must not “oppress” resident foreigners (Lev. 19:33). (The same Hebrew verb appears in Lev. 25:17, “You shall not...
God holds truth and love together in a perfect marriage. When they are married, there is no conflict. When they are sundered...
In the biblical narrative God creates everything for his glory and honor (Colossians 1:16, Revelation 4:11). The foundations of finance—like all of...
Finance makes certain activities of justice and love possible. We are using Wolterstorff’s conception of justice wherein persons are to be treated...
God enabled humans to represent material value in media that are durable, storable and transportable. In his original creation design God made some physical elements, such as gold, to be attractive, small, and...
Intermediaries are institutions that “remanufacture” lenders’ resources into a form that is useful to borrowers. A simple example is when a bank intermediates between several depositors and one business loan borrower. Intermediaries include...
If finance is a means of care and love, doing finance through intermediaries raises a question. Can we love someone we do...
Financial instruments are promises between two or more parties with differing resource needs which are tailored to allow both parties to be prudent risk takers when the future is unknown. As argued above...
The question of prices raised two questions about finance as a form of love. First, can love be expressed in a market...
Ideally, market-rate finance is a blessing to both borrowers and lenders. This is similar to all kinds of commerce. Producing and selling...
Faith & Co.: Banking on Hope How does the gospel change a bank’s view of people and how they should be treated, especially those of modest means? Inspired by faith that sees the...
How does our finance theology inform whether to make a loan to a particular customer and at what interest rate? Several of the foundations of biblical finance come to the fore here. First...
A hedge fund is a mutual fund that invests in specialized financial instruments not usually available to individual savers. Hedge funds are often lightly regulated, highly-leveraged, and can invest in a wider variety...
Can biblical principles help us determine how much to borrow or when to borrow? Several of the biblical foundations of finance can help. First, we inhabit God’s time-bound world with social cycles and...
We explore some of the biblical passages about collateral in the section, “Bankruptcy, debt forgiveness and loan modification”. The mainstream Christian view is that using your house as collateral for a loan is...
Those who provide resources—lenders and savers—have a responsibility to invest their resources for the common, and not only for their own, gain. This perspective is sometimes called “socially responsible investing.” We will explore...
The temptation of those who have much to become isolated from those who have little is very real. High-fenced houses, air-conditioned cars...
The proverbs do not stop with commending generosity but go further to claim that caring for the poor is a matter of...
In a series of songs, the text describes the marriage of the man and woman and their coming together. The woman yearns...
Love is sacred and a thing to be protected. It cannot be bought (Song 8:7). The woman compares her love life with her husband to her tending of a vineyard (Song 8:12), asserting...
Jewish leaders in Jesus’ day often fought over the relative importance of commandments. Some held the view that observing the Sabbath was...
Our work can be a way of loving others if we work as God would have us do it.
Although written under greatly different circumstances than James,[1] 1 John also challenges the notion that faith can live without “works,” that is, acts of obedience toward God. In chapter 2, John states that...
Truth and Love at Work (2 John 1–6) Each of John’s letters is notable for bringing the concepts “truth” and “love” together...
Loving God means loving people. Running a business means making a profit. Between these two lies a gap – or is it...
Using the Bible as a model you can improve our relationships with your coworkers.
Every human being on this planet - currently 7.4 billion people - works every day. Work includes cleaning a house, studying for...
Explain to students that you are going to make cards to bless people with - reminders that God sees and loves them...
This week we learned that God seeks relationship with us. Rather than us working for him, he...
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