Resources
Additional resources about how faith makes sense of work. Find books, podcasts, articles, videos and websites that will help you to think further and dig deeper.
Every Good Endeavour – Timothy Keller
Connecting your work to God’s plan for the world. Developing a better attitude to work releases us to serve others, worship God everyday, and is deeply fulfilling.
Revolutionary Work – William Taylor
This book, based on a series of sermons by William Taylor, will help you to see that being a Christian can make a difference to how we experience work. William argues that ‘the Bible’s teaching on work is not only liberating but also exhilarating and refreshingly realistic’.
God’s Big Design – Vaughn Roberts
Roberts unpacks the first chapters of Genesis to understand how God intended us to live in his creation and what that looks like today. Chapter 5 focuses on ‘God’s design for work’.
I am what I do – Andrew Laird
Reshaping our understanding of self and work. Laird aims to expose the lure and lie of finding our identity in our work.
Glory in the Ordinary: why your work in the ordinary matters to God – Courtney Reissig
Reissig combats the common misconceptions about the value of at-home work – helping us to see how Christ infuses purpose into every facet of the ordinary.
The Dignity of Work with Chase Kuhn and Peter Orr – Centre for Christian Living (CCL)
What dignity, value or significance does our daily work have? Does it really matter to God? Or are gospel preaching and Christian ministry the only things that really matter in the end?
https://ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/podcast-episode-003/
Four ways the Gospel transforms work – Timothy Keller
Over years of thinking and teaching on work, Keller has observed four ways the gospel can transform work: new identity, new concept, new moral compass, new worldview.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/tgc-podcast/4-ways-the-gospel-transforms-work/
The Dignity of Work – Chase Kuhn
Ministering at a local church left Chase with many questions about work – “How do I help people think theologically and responsibly about their place at work?”, “How do I help people think about how work impacts their Christian discipleship?” and “How can I encourage them to go and work faithfully as disciples of Christ?”. This articles explores what the bible has to say about these big questions, as well as some common viewpoints.
https://ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/chase-kuhn-the-dignity-of-work/
My Work and the Kingdom of God – Peter Orr
Can we find true value in work? What is our ‘work’? Peter Orr suggests that true value comes from our identity, but our work is valuable – particularly the ‘work for the Lord’ that we do as we serve God and his people.
https://ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/my-work-and-the-kingdom-of-god/
The White Collar Gospel – Matt Rusten
How do we value work today? Rusten suggests that the middle-upper class western world has made work “a kind of religion, promising identity, transcendence, and community.” What is wrong with this view of work and how do we guard against it?
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/white-collar-gospel/
Why work? – James Davidson
Work, whether paid or unpaid, takes up more than half of our waking hours. It is sometimes enjoyable and satisfying, but sometimes it’s dead boring, difficult, frustrating and stressful, so why work? Davidson considers the way creation gives shape to work and its goodness and how the gospel transforms our understanding of work after the fall.
http://thebriefing.com.au/1996/07/why-work/
Wisdom and Sabbath Rest – Tim Keller
https://redeemercitytocity.com/articles-stories/wisdom-and-sabbath-rest
When faith meets work – The Gospel Coalition
How can I integrate faith and work? Katherine Alsdorf, Carolyn McCulley, and Bethany Jenkins discuss the importance of rightly viewing and integrating our faith and work.
Risen Motherhood
How does faith connect to motherhood? Risen Motherhood provides podcasts, articles, books and more to support christian mums to connect their faith and life.
“We aim to encourage, equip, and challenge moms all over the world to grasp overarching, timeless, transcultural biblical principles, rooted in the good news of Jesus Christ.”