Labor of Love

Labor of Love

MONDAY MORNING, rush hour, road construction. Six words that bring despair to the heart of the commuter. Six words that describe one reason why so many working Americans spend Monday morning mourning Monday. During one such frustrating commute into Washington, D.C., I...
Calling and Work

Calling and Work

In many churches, and in the lives of many Christians, the Christian faith does not seem to have that much to do with work. A survey estimates that:75% of Christians have never been asked by their minister or pastor about their witness at work, only 50% had ever heard...
Working as for the Lord

Working as for the Lord

One of the fundamental principles of Marketplace Christianity is working as for the Lord, as it says in Colossians 3:23: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:23 (NIV) This revelation is so powerful that if...
Treating Our Tasks as from God

Treating Our Tasks as from God

Once we change bosses [from men to Christ], we are to obey our earthly bosses “just as we would obey Christ” (Eph 6:5). Even though our tasks are dictated by others, we are to treat them as if they come directly from the throne of God. Then we become “like slaves of...