"For when a man works, he not only alters things and society, he develops himself as well. He learns much, he cultivates his resources, he goes outside of himself and beyond himself. Rightly understood, this kind of growth is of greater value than any external riches which can be garnered." Pope …
2 Chronicles 3:7
So he lined the house with gold – its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls. 2 Chronicles 3:7 NRSV …
Matthew 13:55
"Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?" Matthew 13:55 NRSV …
David Jensen
"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 …
Isaiah 19:9
The workers in flax will be in despair, and the carders and those at the loom will grow pale. Isaiah 19:9 NRSV …
Mark 6:36
“send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat." Mark 6:36 NRSV …
Genesis 41:57
Moreover, all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine became severe throughout the world. Genesis 41:57 NRSV …
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 …
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 2 Samuel 24:24 NRSV …
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 …