"Work, as vocation, is fulfilling not because it enriches oneself (though it may), but because of its obedient response to the creator." -Dr. David Jensen, Dean of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary …
Dr. Douglas Hicks
"The most important task that leaders can perform is to help shape that culture in positive ways ... They can clear signals to their employees that religious and other forms of diversity are valued in the company." Dr. Douglas Hicks – Dean of Oxford College of Emory University …
Mark Greene
"Work is not a side issue for a special interest group, it's an issue for the whole church. After all, the vast majority of Christian's work, some paid, some not – at home, in the 'secular' workplace, at school or university. The church should be concerned about the workplace because people are …
Dr. Matthew Fox
"Authentic work comes from a deep place of gratitude. Indeed, work is about gratitude; it is the expression of our gratitude for being here." Dr. Matthew Fox – American Episcopal Theologian …
Rev. Timothy Keller
"Work is as much a basic human need as food, beauty, rest, friendship, prayer, and sexuality; it is not simply medicine but food for our soul. Without meaningful work we sense significant inner loss and emptiness." Rev. Timothy Keller – former Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church …
William Diehl
“The gap between the rhetoric of what the church was saying on Sunday and the reality of what was happening in my life on Monday was enormous. The problem was that my church was speaking as an extrovert, but behaving as an introvert. It was calling on me to serve as a disciple of Christ in the …
Lord John Dalberg-Acton
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority." Lord John Dalberg-Acton – English Catholic historian and writer …
William Cavanaugh
"True freedom is not just following whatever desires we happen to have, but cultivating the right desires." William Cavanaugh – Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University …
1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. 1 Kings 3:1 NRSV …
Bob Buford
“People need to see your faith, not merely hear about it. When our beliefs are personal and privatized, practiced only inside a building one day a week, we Christians miss out on that glorious opportunity to be salt and light. Worse, I believe that when faith continues to be directed inward, we …