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Midway through my undergraduate years in Wheaton College, I married Sharon Cole of Seattle. The day after our wedding in her hometown, we started the 2,000-mile drive to Illinois. For the next three years, we made our home there. Sharon worked in Chicago, while I completed my college degree. After graduation, I worked as an editor/writer for Scripture Press Publications. We returned to the State of Washington in 1964. Let me hasten to add at this point that Sharon has read and okayed what follows.
read more...It was a penetrating question. It came to my attention this week through the course, "Taking Your Soul to Work.” Dr. R. Paul Stevens, author of many books that explore the biblical view of our daily work, had taught the course at Regent College, Vancouver, BC. I am in the process of adapting the material to teach as an online course for the Bakke Graduate University (BGU).
"Where was God in Boston?” I googled those words—in parentheses for exact matches. In a split second I got more than 4,500 results. One Christ-follower wrote: "God really has done something about this. And his ‘something’ looks like a cross. It looks like an empty tomb. It looks like Jesus.”
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This series of blogs has drawn its theme from the only time in the history of the planet when God’s will was done perfectly on earth as in heaven. That, of course, was the Genesis two-chapter account of the pre-sin era. In those chapters, we see our earliest ancestors getting—and beginning to carry out—our work assignments from God.
read more...In my early teens Dad delegated to me the care of a half-acre of his 31-acre farm. The land was still his, but on "my” plot I did the work of plowing, discing, harrowing, planting, irrigating, weeding, harvesting, and marketing. The crop: Marblehead squash. Why did I feel so honored? Because Dad had entrusted something of his own into my care. I experienced the dignity of manhood as I managed what belonged to my father. That introduced me to stewardship.
read more...Evangelism in the workplace. Some think it’s the only significant reason believers are there. No, say others, it’s out of place on the job. Is it all? Or is it nothing? Maybe it would help those taking either position to relate evangelism to the community-building called for in our original job description.
read more...In our virtual-community age of Facebook and tweets, where do nearly half of us in America get most of our literal face-to-face time? On the job. There, we still read smiles and frowns, hear tones of voice, interpret gestures, and can actually touch each other. As those who recognize our God-assigned role of building community, we believers dare not overlook the opportunities right in our workplaces.
read more...Last week’s blog on building community raised a question for a reader. Beyond practicing good manners, she wanted to know, what should go into seeking to build community and shalom into the workplace. In his book, Joy at Work, Dennis Bakke has identified one important community-building element. Bakke co-founded and served as the CEO of Applied Energy Services, a Fortune 200 global power company.
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