Deb Liu is a former VP at Facebook and the current President and CEO of Ancestry. As a woman who has worked...
Have you found your passion at work? That perfect job that excites you to jump out of...
Stories from, about and for women at work have not often been told as prominently as those of men in Christian contexts...
If you've left your job, lost your job or been ousted out of a job, now what...
5 ways to show strength at work demonstrated by the mighty woman of Proverbs 31.
From Sheryl Sandberg to Simone Biles, women with strong work ethics have been in the news lately. Surprisingly — or maybe not...
This Bible study is part of The Bible and Your Work Study Series. In every period in the life of God’s people...
Katherine Leary Alsdorf is Senior Fellow at the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer City to City. In this interview with...
Our churches are always communicating to its daughters. Their value. Their worth. Their possibilities.
What would it look like to faithfully administer God’s grace with the gifts he has given you in the place where you...
How do you find meaning in your work? How do you discern your calling? What is it...
I grew up on "Little House on the Prairie" reruns and flannel board Sunday school lessons. Good and wholesome. But somewhere between...
Katherine Leary Alsdorf is co-author with Timothy Keller of Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work (Dutton, 2012). She came...
I hope that as a church we can demonstrate to young women the range of ways for them to express their God-given talents.
I hate it when people make assumptions about me. ...
It is possible to have integrity in our business relationships. And as we interact well with our colleagues, we demonstrate the truth...
In an age dominated by men waging wars and destruction, Sheerah built cities.
During a summer retreat at Laity Lodge in 2008, Lauren Winner sat down with one of our editors from TheHighCalling.org, Marcus Goodyear, for a conversation about spiritual practices and holistic...
Bonnie Wurzbacher weighs in on the importance of women leaders in business and church.
Luci Swindoll’s mission statement comes from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and she’s pleased to recite it: There is...
Today, 50 percent of law school graduates and 60 percent of accounting graduates are women. Twenty-five years ago, the glass ceiling was...
In the midst of harsh treatment, the Israelites remained faithful to God’s command to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28). That entailed...
Prevention of harassment means not only creating a safe environment, but a productive one for those at...
The best of the judges is Deborah. The people recognize her wisdom and come to her for counsel and conflict resolution (Judges 4:5). The military hierarchy recognizes her as supreme commander and in...
Throughout the Old Testament, we see God at work through the actions of women.
Ezer in the Bible means helper.
While Genesis 1 and 2 show us how God intended human beings to be, Genesis 3 shows us what the man and woman chose to become. You probably know the story about a...
One consequence of the woman's sin was greater pain in childbirth (Genesis 3:16). Enter midwives. Midwives have been part of human experience...
Sometimes surprising women are called to show up as ezers in unusual situations. Rahab was one of these examples. Here's the back-story...
Sometimes God calls a woman to the highest level of leadership in a crisis moment. As the Israelites settled into the Promised...
Women's work takes many forms. Among the women in the Old Testament, some served as midwives, some as either prostitutes or innkeepers, some as prophets, and one as the leader of the nation...
Refusing to be hampered by patriarchal strictures, Abigail defied gender roles in order to keep a workplace...
One of the most important but sometimes under-valued professions is that of teacher. We may prosper or fail, depending on the quality...
Esther was a woman who thought she had no influence over her husband or over matters of importance. Yet a desperate situation...
We may be familiar with the real women and real situations of the Old Testament. But the Bible also calls us to...
We met Lady Wisdom in the opening chapters of the book of Proverbs. We also find her in the closing verses of...
Explore a history of women working both in the church and in the marketplace for God’s purposes.
When we open the Gospel according to Luke, we immediately meet an elderly woman named Elizabeth, the wife of a Jewish priest...
Jesus, now in his thirties, “filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through...
The four gospel accounts of Jesus’ earthly ministry contain the mention of more women than virtually any other secular writing of that era. In them we hear Jesus praise women for their faith...
Our first story is about a woman in the northwest Turkish town of Thyatira, known for its guilds of craftsmen, especially the guild of the professionals knowledgeable in the production and sale of...
As the apostle Paul continued his ministry in various Greek cities, he ended up one day in the unique city Athens, known...
The apostle Paul left Athens and moved on to Corinth. This city was radically different from Athens. Located on the narrow neck...
In Corinth Paul needed a means to support himself, and fortunately, he had a trade: he made leather tents for the Roman...
Biblical scholars have puzzled over the years about Paul’s reference in Romans 16:7: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in...
Women as well as men were leaders in those first-century churches. That practice was a radical departure from pagan philosophical notions accepted...
After one of the prophets in Elisha’s circle died, his family fell into debt. The fate of...
The Book of Esther begins with King Ahasuerus (known to history outside the Bible as Xerxes) throwing a lavish party to display...
The work of marriage, childbearing and caring for parents comes to the fore again in Psalms 127...
A remarkable connection between the book of Proverbs and the world of work occurs at the end of the book. Lady Wisdom...
The Song begins with the woman speaking of her love for her man and, in the course of this, she speaks of...
This suggests that God’s secret weapon is generosity. If by God’s power you can be generous, wealth...
Biblical wisdom for finding your voice as a leader, dealing with workplace discrimination, and managing parenthood.
Starting with Genesis, this plan draws on scripture to encourage and inspire women who work.
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