Created To Work

On Success The Christian’s life shouldn’t be about success or failure but about responding to God’s call for our lives. (Genesis 1) The idea that we are responding to God, the ‘caller’, is very contrary to popular culture’s idea to respond to your ‘inner voice’. Jesus’ death could be viewed as a ‘failure’ but was … Continue reading David Kim – Executive Director for The Center Of Faith and Work

Not right to think you have a ‘right to win’ because you are a Christian in the marketplace. Why your faith helps you relate better to your coworkers and clients: Being a Christian does mean you have God with you, which helps you to understand your customers and coworkers in a unique and positive way. … Continue reading Bill Pollard, Former CEO of ServiceMaster and Advisor to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics, and Economics

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job … Continue reading Brian Bakke of Mustard Seed Foundation and Artist

*Note: Apologies on the echo in the beginning. I didn’t have my microphone muted correctly, but I fixed after a while! Jonathan Good (jgood@ijm.org) is the Church Mobilization Director for International Justice Mission for the Midwestern States and the Chicagoland area. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and resides in Minnesota. Although he is not … Continue reading Jonathan Good, International Justice Mission

*NOTE: Apologies for some of the cutouts in audio on this one. There were some internet connectivity issues, but stick through the choppy parts because it evens out. Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ … Continue reading Justin Currie CEO of Royalty North

Biography: BA (Geneva College), MA (Goddard College), PhD (Pennsylvania State University) Dr. Steven Garber is the Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership, Regent College. Formerly the Principal of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good (InterVarsity Press, … Continue reading Dr Steven Garber Author of Visions of Vocation

Albert M. (Al) Erisman is the executive in residence and past director for the Center for Integrity in Business at Seattle Pacific University.  He teaches business ethics and business and technology both at the undergraduate and the graduate level, and is also co-teaching a doctor of ministry cohort at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary on the theology of work.  Al is co-founder and executive editor of Ethix magazine (www.ethix.org), the co-author of several books in technology and mathematics, and co-chair of the executive committee for the Theology of Work Project. Music by John Norman Facebook Group: "Daniel Dinners" Email: joshballantine@hotmail.com

This is the best place to start listening to this podcast. Austin Mayfield and Joshua Ballantine explain what this Daniel Dinner group and the purpose of this podcast is. -How should we process making big career moves from God's perspective? -Why are secular professions considered bad compared to ministry or non-profit positions? Two tiers of Christianity -Can the way we work be positively transformed? -Why this podcast will focus on speaking with 'practitioners'. -How do you bring excitement and a higher level of engagement to your work? -Having this conversation of theology and work has to be done in community and in relationship because it is such a big topic. -What's at stake if we don't engage intentionally with this issue of work and faith? Music by John Norman To join the online discussion, search "Daniel Dinners" on Facebook, and you can be added to the private group discussion.