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Trading with God – 7 Steps to Integrating Your Faith Into Your Work
The book takes the reader concisely through centuries of theological writings and Scripture, then gives working Christians practical steps to integrate their faith and work. Ken fuses theological concepts with his personal work experiences to highlight the 7 Steps and enables working Christians to find spiritual meaning in their daily working lives.
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After 34 years working in energy engineering and trading, Ken Snodgrass decided to make a change. He retired in 2014 from his London position as General Manager of Shell Energy Europe and moved to Austin, Texas. After 3 months of settling into his new community, Ken was sitting in a seminary classroom as a full-time graduate student. His goal was to answer a burning question: What is the connection between work and faith?
Two years of study and 18 months of research later, Ken started writing Trading with God: 7 Steps to Integrate Your Faith into Your Work.
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