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Meeting Jesus at Work
Read John 21:1-12 What is My Workplace Like? A long night on the water. Acrid smoke fills the air from torches lit to draw fish to the light and nets, burning eyes that have been awake all night, straining to see through the dark. Waves slap against the boat. Hour after hour nets go out and are pulled back empty. The men on the boat say nothing. Working together in silence, each is...
Meeting Jesus at Work
Read John 21:1-12 What is My Workplace Like? A long night on the water. Acrid smoke fills the air from torches lit to draw fish to the light and nets, burning eyes that have been awake all night, straining to see through the dark. Waves slap against the boat. Hour after hour nets go out and are pulled back empty. The men on the boat say nothing. Working together in silence, each is...
The Sacredness of Work
Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a free e-Book on the subject! First Name * Last Name * Email * An auto mechanic with bruised, cracked hands — the product of years of hard, often thankless work — fiddles with that spaghetti-like labyrinth of wires, cylinders and other confusing stuff under the hood of your car that few of us can...
A New Job Description
Recently I had been invited to an informational meeting of the Deacon’s Ministry Team of our church. The invitation was prompted by a recent conversation with our minister about my spiritual journey in need of a new spark. My spiritual practice consisted mostly of attending Sunday worship and daily prayer dictated by my mood or my schedule. Lately the stress at the hospital seemed unbearable and...
Work as Worship
Get Your Free e-Book HereWant to learn more on what the Bible says about work? Sign up below for a free e-Book on the subject! First Name * Last Name * Email * Nursing is my profession, my daily work. But it is also an important way I worship God. For me, work and worship have become like two blades of a scissors; one is useless without the other. I now see that work is a ministry performed...
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