Transforming Daily Work Into A Divine Vocation

Author : Robert Banks
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666723403

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During the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in the connection between our faith and our work, along with the growth of resources and organizations to bring the two into dialogue. Despite this, most Christians continue to feel that their daily work is less valuable than that of pastors, missionaries, or full-time workers in a religious organization. In a fresh and practical way, this book sets out the biblical, historical, and theological grounds for challenging this commonly felt view. It includes a range of engaging personal case studies that demonstrate the profound effect integrating one's work up into one's faith can have--relationally, institutionally, and societally as well as evangelistically, pastorally, and missionally. Attention is also given to the increasingly addictive, fragmented, and precarious nature of work today, and to how we can spiritually find our way to discerning and expressing our unique God-given vocation. The final section of the book considers whether any of our work has eternal value, and retells a compelling parable of what this might look like.

Author : Robert Banks
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666731187

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Transforming Daily Work into a Divine Vocation by Robert Banks Pdf

During the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in the connection between our faith and our work, along with the growth of resources and organizations to bring the two into dialogue. Despite this, most Christians continue to feel that their daily work is less valuable than that of pastors, missionaries, or full-time workers in a religious organization. In a fresh and practical way, this book sets out the biblical, historical, and theological grounds for challenging this commonly felt view. It includes a range of engaging personal case studies that demonstrate the profound effect integrating one’s work up into one’s faith can have—relationally, institutionally, and societally as well as evangelistically, pastorally, and missionally. Attention is also given to the increasingly addictive, fragmented, and precarious nature of work today, and to how we can spiritually find our way to discerning and expressing our unique God-given vocation. The final section of the book considers whether any of our work has eternal value, and retells a compelling parable of what this might look like.

Author : R. Paul Stevens
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666757125

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Working Blessedly Forever, Volume 1 by R. Paul Stevens Pdf

Work, whether from home, in cyberspace, or in a factory or office, occupies a major chunk of our time, energy, and soul. This book seeks to make sense of our work in the world through adapting the pithy statement of the Puritan William Perkins to define marketplace theology as the "science of working blessedly forever." It is a science involving investigation, but not just with the head (thought), but also with heart (prayer) and hand (practice). But it is a science of working. So the book investigates a theology of work undertaken in the light of God's blessing and purpose. And our work is not just for this life but "forever," since some of it could last into the new heaven and new earth where, guess what, Scripture says we will work as fully human and resurrected beings. Stevens gathers his lifetime of research and teaching into this book showing through biblical research and contemporary analysis the meaning of work and human enterprise. It could change your lifestyle, your work style, and your soul.

Author : Gene Edward Veith Jr.
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433516085

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God at Work by Gene Edward Veith Jr. Pdf

When you understand it properly, the doctrine of vocation—"doing everything for God's glory"—is not a platitude or an outdated notion. This principle that we vaguely apply to our lives and our work is actually the key to Christian ethics, to influencing our culture for Christ, and to infusing our ordinary, everyday lives with the presence of God. For when we realize that the "mundane" activities that consume most of our time are "God's hiding places," our perspective changes. Culture expert Gene Veith unpacks the biblical, Reformation teaching about the doctrine of vocation, emphasizing not what we should specifically do with our time or what careers we are called to, but what God does in and through our callings—even within the home. In each task He has given us—in our workplaces and families, our churches and society—God Himself is at work. Veith guides you to discover God's purpose and calling in those seemingly ordinary areas by providing you with a spiritual framework for thinking about such issues and for acting upon them with a changed perspective.

Author : Jeffrey Scholes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739178904

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Vocation and the Politics of Work by Jeffrey Scholes Pdf

Since Martin Luther, vocations or callings have had a close relationship with daily work. It is a give-and-take relationship in which the meaning of a vocation typically negotiates with the kinds of work available (and vice-versa) at any given time. While "vocation language" still has currency in Western culture, today's predominant meaning of vocation has little to do with the actual work performed on a job. Jeffrey Scholes contends that recent theological treatments of the Protestant concept of vocation, both academic and popular, often unwittingly collude with consumer culture to circulate a concept of vocation that is detached from the material conditions of work. The result is a consumer-friendly vocation that is rendered impotent to inform and, if necessary, challenge the political norms of the workplace. For example, he classifies Rick Warren's concept of "purpose" in his best-selling book, The Purpose-Driven Life, as a functional equivalent of vocation that acts in this way. Other popular uses of vocation along with insights culled from traditional theology and consumer culture studies help Scholes reveal the current state of vocations in the West. Using recent scholarship in the field of political theology, he argues that resisting commodification is a possibility and a prerequisite for a "political vocation," if it is at all able to engage the norms that regulate and undermine the pursuit of justice in many modern workplaces.

Author : R. Paul Stevens
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802848001

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The Other Six Days by R. Paul Stevens Pdf

In this provocative book, Stevens writes the clergy-laity division has no basis in the New Testament and challenges all Christians to rediscover what it means to live daily as God's people. Exploring the theological, structural and cultural reasons for treating laypeople as the objects of ministry, Stevens argues against the idea of clericalism and in favor of equipping people for ministry in their homes, workplaces and neighborhoods.

Author : Stefan Wyszyński
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Work
ISBN : 0918477735

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Working Your Way Into Heaven by Stefan Wyszyński Pdf

These pages help Catholics draw closer to God through work. From Pope John Paul II's saintly teacher Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski comes wise counsel and practical advice for transforming any workplace into a workshop for sanctity.

Author : Suzanne Cremen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000050561

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From Career to Calling by Suzanne Cremen Pdf

Finalist in the Australian Career Book Award 2020, supported by the Royal Society of Arts Oceania Finding and following an authentic calling challenges us to bridge both the intuitive, soulful and the hard-edged, material dimensions of everyday life. From Career to Calling: A Depth Psychology Guide to Soul-Making Work in Darkening Times opens new avenues for vocational exploration and career inquiry in an imaginative way. This unique book draws on insights from the field of Jungian and archetypal psychology to reimagine our attitudes and approaches to work, money, vocational guidance and career development. As people find themselves disillusioned with or disenfranchised from capitalist notions of work and career, Suzanne Cremen’s interdisciplinary approach illuminates how a creative, meaningful and influential work-life can emerge from attending to the archetypal basis of experience. Interweaving elements of her own journey, Cremen connects individual experience with the collective in an original way, spotlighting depression in the legal profession, marginalization of the feminine principle in work environments, and how understanding the roots of our cultural complexes can spark personal callings which facilitate collective transformation. Blending compelling real-life stories with robust scholarly analysis and reflective activities, this book will help practitioners to support individuals to develop a sense of their soul’s calling and offer guidance on creating an authentic vocational life within the constraints of the contemporary era. Additionally, it will be invaluable to those in career transition, re-discovering their purpose at the end of a career, or commencing work-life.

Author : Edward Clinton Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Church and the world
ISBN : UCAL:$B109251

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The Church as a Prophetic Community by Edward Clinton Gardner Pdf

Author : Gustaf Wingren
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592445615

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Luther on Vocation by Gustaf Wingren Pdf

...[C]oncern about the [inherited doctrine of vocation and its relevance for modern life] was generated out of the complexities and frustrations especially of industrial life, and it has produced a voluminous literature of a popular and semi-popular kind which has served to drive home the problem of daily work upon the conscience of contemporary Christians, and also to provide certain resources for handling it. In addition to this varied literature, the last years have also seen a very general discussion of the question at every level of church life: in ecumencal conferences, in the curricular material of the major denominations, and in conferences and study groups of all kinds. About the urgency and importance of the problem of vocation there is now no doubt. But now we find that the rather simple formulae in which we have been dealing with it do justice neither to the Biblical and Reformation inheritance, nor to the profound dilemmas that appear not only in industry, but in every area of professional and commercial life. The problem now is not only to equip our lay-people with fuller theological resources for the understanding of the meaning of discipleship, but to utilize their practical experience of day-to-day dilemmas and day to-day decisions. ...Gustaf Wingren's conscientious analysis of Luther's teaching on the matter...remains our prime resource for the understanding of the relation of faith and works. Nothing could exceed the patience and thoroughness with which Wingren has combed through the Luther corpus.... [I]t will serve to put the full range of Luther's insight at the disposal of those who care for theology as part of their care of all the Churches. Alexander Miller Stanford University

Author : John C. Haughey
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597523660

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Converting Nine to Five by John C. Haughey Pdf

A thought-provoking guide to a spiritual approach to daily work."" --'Booklist' This compelling analysis of the spiritual dimensions of work confronts the alienation and lack of fulfillment that exist in epidemic proportions in the workplace. Haughey delves into the question of the lasting value of work, and focuses on the relationship between work and justice, work and grace, and work and spirit. Haughey's book is a quiet energizer, perfect for the person who is bored with work, angry at his or her colleagues or disillusioned with the meaning of work."" --'America' John C. Haughey, SJ, a well respected theologian and lecturer, is a senior research fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center in Washington, D.C. He has served as an appointee of the Vatican's Council on Christian Unity for seventeen years and has held chairs at Marquette University, John Carroll University, and Seton Hall University. He is the author of 'Housing Heaven's Fire' (2002) and editor of 'Revisiting the Idea of Vocation' (2004).

Author : Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)
Publisher : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783374072026

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Digital Freedom by Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) Pdf

Digitalization now affects nearly all aspects of our lives. Much has been changing in the world – and this has led to the reassessment of crucial ethical questions: How are people to treat one another and what responsibility do we bear for the environment and the living world? And how can we shape our ongoing digital transformation in freedom and responsibility? This is the overarching concern of the publication, published by the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany. The publication touches on timeless questions to be reassessed in the context of digitalization: How to address issues on securing our future, work and leisure, trust and betrayal, truth and lies. It encourages readers to avail themselves of the opportunities provided by digitalization, while not glossing over its critical facets. In doing so, the publication connects these developments with a text central to the biblical tradition, the Ten Commandments. Even in our times of digital transformation, the Decalogue provides us with a basic ethical orientation for lives in freedom and responsibility.

Author : Carl F. H. Henry
Publisher : Lexham Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683593379

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Architect of Evangelicalism by Carl F. H. Henry Pdf

Discover the ongoing relevance of the essential evangelical. In recent years, the label "evangelical" has been distorted and its usefulness questioned. No one is better equipped to provide a clear understanding of evangelicalism than the late Carl F. H. Henry, the founding editor of Christianity Today and the most influential theologian of American evangelicalism in the twentieth century. While Billy Graham was preaching the gospel to stadiums full of people, Henry was working tirelessly to help Christians adopt a worldview that encompasses all of life. Architect of Evangelicalism helps us gain a better sense of the roots of American evangelicalism by giving us the best of Henry's Christianity Today essays on subjects such as what defines evangelicalism, what separates it from theological liberalism, what evangelical Christian education should look like, and how evangelicals should engage with society.

Author : Flavio Capucci
Publisher : Scepter Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1594170045

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Favors of Saint Josemaría Escrivá by Flavio Capucci Pdf

Author : Hugh Whelchel
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1449745814

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How Then Should We Work? by Hugh Whelchel Pdf

"Have you ever felt like what you do the majority of the week at work may not have any value to God? Many Christians struggle to find any meaning in their work. Many are taught it's just a place to share your faith or earn a paycheck to donate to missions. Businessman Hugh Whelchel was just that guy but knew there had to be more. His thorough biblical investigation reveals the eternal significance of work within the grand biblical story of God's mission throughout history."--Publisher description.