God’s grace is rich beyond measure. God’s grace is there for you today.
Work-themed assignments for a seminary course in Spiritual Formation.
If you've left your job, lost your job or been ousted out of a job, now what...
Integrate workplace issues into the study of the Old Testament by diving into the book of Ruth.
Where is God when you lose your job? Many of us have been in places where we asked that question. This week...
2018 is booming for some. For others the new year brings fear of job cuts. . .or another year with no job...
The Text. Luke 12:24–34. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no...
You left. You got fired. You got married. You got divorced. You got outsourced. Your company moved you from South Dakota to...
This remarkable passage not only teaches us compassion and hope for the obsessed and depressed, the cutters and crack-crazed, but also the...
It’s no secret: lots of people are searching for jobs right now. Some folks have lost their jobs. Others have jobs, but...
Abstract Assisting the poor is an important requirement of Christian belief and action. To do so, the...
As you experience transitions in life, whether they are welcomed or not, it is reassuring to know that God does not change.
Perhaps you’ve recently lost a job, or you know someone who has. After spending years helping others deal with job termination, Chuck...
When someone loses their job, they aren’t the only ones affected. Often a spouse feels the pain...
Looking for a job is never easy, but when the economy is tanking and new jobs are scarce, it can feel downright...
So much of our life is spent at work. And when we lose a job, it can...
In this difficult economy, a lot of people are out of work or suffering from a loss...
This is a guide to the most significant Theology of Work Project resources with the Tag of “unemployment” plus instructions on how to access all resources with that Tag. The Purpose of this...
Susan Wunderink of Christianity Today reflects on the lessons learned from an extended time of unemployment in “The Sabbath Swimming Lesson: When...
My question stumped Susan, a diligent job seeker, over coffee that morning: “What do you care about that’s larger than you?”
I never thought finding a job would be so challenging.
Food Stamps. Medicaid. Unemployment. These were words I never imagined would be associated with having a college degree.
While I was the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church, I had other jobs on the side. I designed websites, did internet consulting, and was a freelance writer. I left pastoring because I no...
Being out of work can be a terrifying, unsettling experience. It can make one feel incredibly vulnerable—so vulnerable, in fact, that when...
Many economists are saying that the Great Recession is over. The stock market has rallied to new heights for the year. Gross...
Layoffs not only affect the people who lose their jobs. They also affect the people who don’t.
The late 1980s were the days of military dictatorship in Nigeria with its attendant consequences on the national economy. I received my Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in July 1987 in...
These are worrisome times we are living in. We are living in the midst of a global financial crisis, a never-ending war, and layoffs are being announced every day.
Last fall, my husband and I did something few 40-something Americans envision. We moved in with my parents. After a family tragedy and a looming recession that didn't bode well for either my...
I spent a lot of my year of unemployment scared. But I also spent it crying out to God and my faith grew in new ways.
God’s intent to provide opportunities for the poor is seen in the regulations benefiting aliens, widows, and...
Most churches have ministries to serve the communities around them, which often are called compassion, outreach or...
God’s faithfulness underlies human productivity, but people have to do the actual work.
We can seek guidance about provision from God and expect that doing so will help us meet our needs, the needs of...
We are meant to work diligently and wisely to the degree we are able. Dependence on God is an attitude towards human...
The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we...
Job is able to endure overwhelming loss without compromising his “integrity” or blamelessness[1](Job 2:3). But Satan does not give up. Perhaps Job...
God's Generosity in Providing Us With Work for His Kingdom (Click to Listen) This parable is unique to Matthew’s Gospel. The owner...
First Thessalonians 4:9–12 and 2 Thessalonians 3:6–16 address work directly.[1] Scholars continue to debate precisely what led...
Paul is an advocate of social welfare and charitable giving, but only for those who are genuinely...
"I can't authorise your unemployment claim." The waters have come up to my neck.
During the war, in 1942, the person who was then Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, published a book called Christianity and Social...
"What do you do?", or even more revealingly, "What are you?" - that's the sort of question that adults almost invariably put...
Seek God in the midst of the difficulties of unemployment.
(A prayer based on Psalm 46) God, for gig workers, hear our prayer. In times of calm, they can lack peace because of the precariousness of their work. Now, they see their projects...
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