Drawing on the authors’ combined years of experience in both private and public-sector organisations, this practical book highlights the importance of relationship-building between individuals, groups and organisations in diverse contexts. It will make a valuable read for business professionals and graduate students in fields as varied as change management, leadership, organisational psychology and organisational behaviour. …
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Let My People Grow – Mark Greene & Tracy Cotterell (eds.)
Let My People Grow: a cry from the heart for the twenty-first century church. If the church is to have an impact on our society, it must learn to make disciples not converts – Christians learning to live for Christ wherever they are and whatever they do. This is a provocative and inspiring collection of …
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God At Work – Ken Costa
Ken Costa shares his practical insights and experience gained from more than forty years working in finance. This timeless message, that there is space for faith at work, will truly inspire you to live each day with purpose. God calls us to the work we are doing. He’s interested not only in what we do, …
The Best Idea In The World – Mark Greene
One idea can change everything. Just as one new lens can make the whole world look different. In this book, Mark Greene explores the dynamic difference that a fresh look at Jesus’ familiar instruction can make to almost any decision we make – in any area of life – from buying a microwave to choosing …
Get A Life – Paul Valler
In this honest and inspiring book, John Parmiter explores how applying the Ten Commandments to our jobs brings us freedom and godly purpose. Focusing as they do on personal integrity and our key relationships (with God and with others), they are disarmingly relevant to the daily pressures we face, whatever our work. Long working hours, …
Thank God It’s Monday – Mark Greene
This highly practical book looks at how we can make the most of our time at work, helping us to see our jobs, our co-workers and our bosses the way God does. The third edition features an updated resource section and a new chapter on integrating life and work, helping us see how our work …
Working Without Wilting – Jago Wynne
In this honest and inspiring book, John Parmiter explores how applying the Ten Commandments to our jobs brings us freedom and godly purpose. Focusing as they do on personal integrity and our key relationships (with God and with others), they are disarmingly relevant to the daily pressures we face, whatever our work. Many people start …
Faith, Hope & The Global Economy – Richard Higginson
Richard Higginson argues that, rightly understood and applied, faith can be an enormous power for good – stimulating enterprise, reducing poverty, promoting integrity, ensuring sustainability and making disciples. This book helps business men and women to think deeply about what they do and why they do it. It shows how every episode in the biblical …
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Ten At Work – John Parmiter
In this honest and inspiring book, John Parmiter explores how applying the Ten Commandments to our jobs brings us freedom and godly purpose. Focusing as they do on personal integrity and our key relationships (with God and with others), they are disarmingly relevant to the daily pressures we face, whatever our work. Back to Book …
Working It Out – Ian Coffey
With lively Bible teaching and drawing on a wealth of real-life stories, Ian Coffey shows how work was part of God’s plan for men and women – given to us so we can make a creative contribution in His world. Whatever your work, God is interested in it, God can transform it, and God wants …
Faith and Work: A critique of Peter Orr’s perspective
1. INTRODUCTION This article is a critique of Peter Orr’s position on how to teach about faith and work, based on an interview by Nancy Guthrie in September 20171. Sections 1 to 4 are the author’s summary of Orr’s responses, while sections 5 to 7 present a critique of these responses. Peter Orr’s perspective on …
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Work Matters: A South African Introduction to Faith and Work
This 3-part video series brings the application of faith and work to the South African context. The series is based on the book “Every Good Endeavor” by Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf. This series serves as an excellent introduction to the Biblical view of work. It is highly recommended for any audience that is …
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SA Research: An examination of christian values and correlated concepts…
SA Research: An examination of christian values and correlated concepts in small business practices in SA. By Ruan Van Der Berg (2014) If reading academic research is your thing, here is a South African dissertation that gives an indication of how applying your faith in your work influences the running of your business. 2014 van …
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A Message to Church Leaders
Fellow church leaders, Thank you for visiting our site. Please take time to give us any feedback you think might be helpful. As a church leader myself, I’m aware of the possibilities and challenges that come with a specialized ‘faith and work’ ministry in a local church. On the one hand, there is the hope …
Why Beauty and Excellence Matter in Our Work
The daughter of an Anglican priest, Oxford-educated, and the contemporary of such literary luminaries as G.K. Chesterton and Agatha Christie, Sayers was well-versed in theology and the arts. In addition to her fiction, she wrote several influential essays. Among her favorite topics was the issue of vocation. She even said she had an “obsession” about …
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Creativity is Your Call. Restoration is Your Purpose.
The evangelical church needs this burst of light, this thrust forward, regarding how it views cultural transformation. The church’s emphasis has, for far too long, been only on personal salvation. Personal salvation is important, but we have wrongly neglected the larger implications of the gospel. If we are to radically influence our culture and make …
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Why The Church is Best Suited to Bridge Cultural Divisions
He’s not alone in his thinking. I’ve heard other concerns recently about divisions: “The wealth inequality will foment an uprising.” “Racism is worsening instead of getting better.” “We can’t keep blaming everything on immigrants.” “There is no middle ground for conversation anymore, so it’s safer to say nothing.” “Religious nuts are making things worse. Some …
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