Calling Archives - Malyon Workplace

Breaking Down the Sacred-Secular Divide

The BAM (Business as Mission) Review has published a summary of a series of articles from Mike Baer, a leading thinker in the BAM movement.

Read the summary here?and the full series of articles here.

Baer suggests five ways to address the issue of the SSD:

Recognize False Concepts For What They Are
Be Clear in Biblical vs. Unbiblical Distinctions?
Focus on the Holy ONE Instead of Holy PLACES?
Recover and Teach the Priesthood of All Believers
Celebrate the Lordship of Christ In and Over All Things

Vocation 101

Neat, simple exploration of the?definition of vocation in an animation (2:42) developed and produced by The Fund for Theological Education. ?

The Gospel at Work – How working for King Jesus gives meaning and purpose to our jobs

The Gospel at Work – How working for King Jesus gives meaning and purpose to our jobs?is the latest in a series of books (For example, Work Matters – Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday work by Tom Nelson and?Every Good Endeavour – connecting your work to God’s plan for the world by Tim Keller) designed to outline a clear theology work before discussing the implications of this for a range of issues facing Christians in the workplace.

?My plan is to blog my way through this book as, even a quick scan, indicates it as a highly valuable resource. ?

So here’s some basic information before we get into a chapter-by chapter look at what authors Sebastian Traeger and Greg Gilbert have to say:

The book is available in paperback and Kindle format – a very easy read
David Platt writes the foreword
Free downloadable 6 session Study Guide if available – you need to sign up to get access
Short video introductions for each session are also available via a YouTube channel. ?Check out Session 1 – The Challenge: Idol vs. Idle?here.? [Read more…] about The Gospel at Work – How working for King Jesus gives meaning and purpose to our jobs

The Gift of Work

Short article focussing on the themes of the purpose of work and vocation. ?

Lane Severson provides a helpful acronym for G.I.F.T.:

G is for “give.”?The first step in creating something beautiful is that we give something of ourselves to our work. This doesn’t mean that we have to be artists. I’ve seen people create excel spreadsheets that showed creativity and passion …

I is for “imagine.”?Your work today is probably not a beautiful garden. At best it is an empty field. And there is probably some garbage that needs to be cleared out before you can even get started with the hard work of creating something beautiful in your work. This is why imagination is so important. You have to have a vision for what your work could look like. I have a couple hints for doing this effectively. [Read more…] about The Gift of Work

Called to Work: The monotony of the 9 to 5

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is the Founder & Executive Director of Redeemer’s Center for Faith & Work. ?She visited Australia in 2014 and spoke at the Ridley Marketplace Institute’s Redeeming Work Conference.?

Her experience as an entrepreneur and CEO for?20 years in the hi-tech industry preceded her founding the Redeemer Center for Faith and Work. ?

Sh is the co-author of?Every Good Endeavour: Connecting your work to God’s work. The good people at the Centre for Public Christianity took the opportunity to speak with her about work, monotony and vocation.

A 6 week small group/sermon series for Christians in the workplace

Here’s a very good free resource from the Capitol Hill Baptist Church (Mark Dever/9Marks).

This material appears to have been developed for a 6 week adult ‘Sunday School’ class in the American context. ?For each session, there is a manuscript/sermon (~4000 words) + a handout where participants can take notes on the session.

Discipling women at work: Roundtable discussion with Katherine Leary Alsdorf

Katherine Leary Alsdorf (Center for Work and Faith) chairs a roundtable discussion on discipling women in the workplace.?

WEDNESDAY WORKOUT: Fidelity and Banking: An Interview with John Gage

In this week’s Wednesday Workout, we share a post from the Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture. It features a fascinating interview with a banker, John Gage.

As you read, notice how the themes or creation work, fall work and redemption work woven into the conversation – themes that we are exploring in each of our Wednesday Workout posts. ?

Also, notice how John understands and sees his vocation/calling as a banker and how this has impacted on the decisions that he has made to (a) remain in the banking industry despite its faults and fallenness, and (b) the decisions he and his family have made about where they can be most effective for the kingdom of God.

You can read the article here.