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In this conversation, we welcome fan favorite, Byron Borger, back to the podcast. Along with host Daniel Johnson, they discuss the importance of reading as an embodied experience, the significance of seasonal reading aligned with the liturgical calendar, and the recent resurgence of work and faith materials. He emphasizes the challenges college graduates face transitioning into the workforce and the importance of integrating faith into their work lives. The podcast also highlights various books that can aid in this transition and the necessity of community support for maintaining faith post-college. In this conversation, Byron discusses the importance of balancing vocation and rest, the beauty of nature as explored through literature, and the need for community engagement in environmental care. They highlight books that inspire readers to appreciate creation, engage in ecological restoration, and reflect on personal narratives through memoirs. The discussion emphasizes the interconnectedness of faith, nature, and personal growth, encouraging listeners to explore these themes in their own lives.We encourage you to purchase your books at Heartsandminds Bookstore. Learn more about them here = https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/ List of books:After College by Erica Young Reitz (2025, InterVarsity Press)Serious Dreams: Bold Ideas for the Rest of Your Life edited by Byron Borger (2015, Square Halo Books)The Call: Finding and Fulfilling God's Purpose for Your Life by Os Guinness (2003, Thomas Nelson)Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good by Steven Garber (2014, IVP Books)Why Your Work Matters: How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World by Tom Nelson (2025, Made to Flourish)Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work by Timothy Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf (2012, Dutton)The Sacredness of Secular Work: Four Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity by Jordan Raynor (2025, WaterBrook)Go Forth: God's Purpose for Your Work by Redeemer City to City (2025, Redeemer City to City)Birds in the Sky and Fish in the Sea by Matthew Dickerson (2025, Square Halo Books)Refugee of Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth by Deborah Rienstra (2025, Fortress Press)Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as a Spiritual Practice by Belden Lane (2015, Oxford University Press)Reconciliation in a Michigan Watershed: Restoring Kenoshae by Gail Hefner and David Warners (2025, Michigan State University Press)Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care edited by David Warners (2025, Calvin College Press)The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found by Frank Bruni (2022, Avid Reader Press)Mr. Oweita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart by Carol Wall (2014, G.P. Putnam's Sons)God Struck: Seven Women and Their Religious Conversions by Kelsey Osgood (2025, HarperOne)Chapters:00:00 The Embodied Experience of Reading04:29 Seasonal Reading and the Church Calendar09:54 Navigating Work and Faith16:50 Books for Transitioning Graduates24:13 The Importance of Community in Transition27:04 The Balance of Work and Rest28:01 Exploring Nature Through Literature30:16 Creating Habitats and Healing the Earth31:42 Wilderness as a Spiritual Practice36:09 Community Engagement and Environmental Stewardship42:23 Reconciliation Ecology and Creation Care43:30 Memoirs and Personal Stories52:25 Summer Reading Recommendations

We are in the third week of a sermon series that I have entitled “The practical gospel,” learning to put into practice what Paul said in Philippians 2:12-13, where he told the Philippians to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” Now that you have been saved, now that you have believed the gospel, work out the implications of the gospel into every area of your life as God works in you. Not “work for your salvation,” because we are saved by the grace of God and not by anything we have done, but rather “work out the implications of your salvation.” In other words, think through how the truths of the gospel should shape the different aspects of your life and allow the transformative power of the Holy Spirit to do His work. The past two weeks, we have looked at the implications of the gospel for our love life and for parenting and family. This week, we will look at the implications of the gospel for work. More specifically, the gospel and vocation, because work implies what you do to make money. Vocation, from the Latin “Vocare,” to call, is not a Biblical word but a theological word, defined on dictionary.com as “a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life” or “a function or station in life to which one is called by God.” The word vocation communicates the idea that there is someone else who has called you to your station in life, whether it is as a student, a homemaker, an engineer, a teacher, a grandparent, or anything else. Once again, this sermon is not about “7 tips for being the best employee ever”; this is thinking out the implications of the gospel for every area of your life. If you want to go further, I highly recommend the book “Every Good Endeavor: Connecting your work to God's work” by Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf. But for this morning, what difference does it make to your vocation that you believe the gospel? The gospel summary statement I will be using this series is this: “We are sinners who have been saved and justified by grace, learning to live as new creations according to God's will, trusting in a certain and glorious eternal hope and future.” If you read that statement closely, you will recognize that it has a past, present, and future dimension. Today, we are going to use those three aspects as our framework and examine what the implications of the gospel are for your work life, for your vocation?

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “We are glorious ruins…glorious because we were created by God for the noble purpose of being His image bearers; yet ruins because sin has marred the divine image we were designed to display, at times beyond recognition.” ~Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984), author and founder of L'Abri in Switzerland Though now long estranged, Man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed, Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, And keeps the rags of lordship once he owned. ~J.R.R. Tolkein, Mythopoeia, a poem written for C.S. Lewis “Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.” ~Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), novelist and essayist “Let it be understood that those who are not found living as Christ taught are not Christians, even though they profess with the lips the teachings of Christ.” ~Justin Martyr (c.100-c.165), Christian philosopher and apologist “Christians have, through their hope in God's story of redemption…, a deep consolation that enables them to work with all their being and never be ultimately discouraged by the frustrating present reality of this world…. We accept…that in this world our work will always fall short, just as we sinners always ‘fall short of the glory of God' because we know that our work in this life is not the final word.” ~Tim Keller & Katherine Leary Alsdorf, in Every Good Endeavor “Here then is the paradox of our humanness; our dignity and our depravity. We are capable both of the loftiest nobility and of the basest cruelty. One moment we can behave like God, in whose image we are made, and the next like the beasts, from whom we are meant to be completely distinct. We are inventors of hospitals to care for the sick, universities for the acquisition of wisdom, parliaments for the rule of the people and churches for the worship of God. But we are also the inventors of torture chambers and concentrations camps. Strange, bewildering paradox – noble and ignoble, rational and irrational, moral and immoral, Godlike and bestial.” ~John Stott (1921-2011), theologian and noted worldwide Christian leader SERMON PASSAGE Psalm 72 (ESV) 1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! 2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! 3 Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! 4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor! 5 May they fear you while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! 6 May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth! 7 In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more! 8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! 9 May desert tribes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust! 10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts! 11 May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him! 12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. 13 He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. 14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight. 15 Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day! 16 May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field! 17 May his name endure forever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May people be blessed in him, all nations call him blessed! 18 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. 19 Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen! 20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

What can the Bible teach us about work? And how can work be a way that we love our co-workers, friends, family, and neighbors? Katherine Leary Alsdorf, co-author of Every Good Endeavor, shares insights on loving our neighbor through our work from her decades in the private sector and founding the Center for Faith & Work.

Andy Crouch, Katherine Leary Alsdorf, and Jackson Crum share their insights and wisdom on how Christians should be leading their companies and churches during this pandemic season. They share some of their own experiences in leadership and the value minority and women leadership bring to organizations. They conclude with the importance of having a proper theology of work for the future of the Church.

Currently, Katherine is leading Redeemer City to City’s efforts to establish faith and work ministries to support church planting and city renewal activities around the globe. Focused on equipping leaders in all vocations, the Global Faith and Work Collaborative will come along side churches – both pastors and congregants - to further the economic, cultural and spiritual renewal of their cities.Katherine’s 25 years in the tech industry – in roles from researcher to organizational consultant to CEO – gave her a solid background in leadership and entrepreneurship. In 2002, Katherine led Redeemer in starting its Center for Faith & Work, creating ministries to equip, connect, and mobilize the Redeemer congregation to live out the gospel in every area of their work lives. This was done through Vocation Groups, Arts Ministries, an Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Gotham Fellowship, and numerous conferences, retreats, and classes.In 2013 she turned over leadership of CFW and spent 5 years consulting with other churches around the country, helping them start church-based faith and work ministries. From 2015-18, she and her husband re-located to Raleigh NC to create the New City Fellows program through a multi-church partnership for city engagement and renewal. Katherine currently is adjunct faculty at Regent College in Vancouver, a board member of the Carver Project and the Theology of Work project, and on the Advisory Board of Made to Flourish. She has served on boards of Fellowship of the Performing Arts, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and International Arts Movement. Katherine assisted Tim Keller in the writing of Every Good Endeavor.

In this episode I talk about the book Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller & Katherine Leary Alsdorf. This book undertakes the task of religion/ Faith ; how it is interpreted in the work place, Culture, and more. Specifically I give a reading out of Chapter 8 Work Reveals our Idols . It is discusses that our culture and religion can rule our decisions on business and friendships communication, as well as politics . So enjoy and listen as i discuss this wonderful book. Feel free to email me at : goodvibesjasonb@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vibing-jasonb-209/support

And she could not be more busy doing some phenomenal work for The Kingdom.  Not only was she hand-picked to head the Center for Faith and Work at Redeemer Presbyterian in New York, she is also working with a brand new ministry in Raleigh, North Carolina – along with her current contributions for a handful of other … Continue reading Katherine Leary Alsdorf Works4Him The post Katherine Leary Alsdorf Works4Him appeared first on iWork4Him Podcast.

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is Senior Fellow at the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer City to City. In this interview with Larry Linenschmidt at the Hill Country Institute in Austin, Texas, she speaks freely about struggling with failure. "One of the distinctives of Christians should be that we can face failure, respond to failure and talk about failure more openly than anyone else, because we know it doesn't define us." http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/HillCountry

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is Senior Fellow at the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer City to City. In this interview with Larry Linenschmidt at the Hill Country Institute in Austin, Texas, she speaks freely about struggling with failure. "One of the distinctives of Christians should be that we can face failure, respond to failure and talk about failure more openly than anyone else, because we know it doesn't define us." http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/HillCountry

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is the Senior Fellow of the Faith, Work & Leadership Initiative at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, NY. She and Larry Linenschmidt discuss the gospel's surprising and life-altering view of work. From fear of failure to Jesus as the best model for entrepreneurship, this interview is loaded with inspirational, encouraging, and even challenging ideas for Christ followers today.

Katherine Leary Alsdorf talks about the book, Every Good Endeavor, which she co-wrote with Timothy Keller. The post Every Good Endeavor appeared first on iWork4Him Podcast.

Welcome to the Theology of Work podcast. The Theology of Work Project exists to provide a Biblical perspective on faith and work. This episode features an interview with Katherine Leary Alsdorf conducted by Katrina Roe of Hope 103.2 Mornings in Sydney, Australia. Visit their website at www.hope1032.com.au. For complete show notes, go to http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/katherineinterview.

Welcome to the Theology of Work podcast. The Theology of Work Project exists to provide a Biblical perspective on faith and work. This episode features an interview with Katherine Leary Alsdorf conducted by Katrina Roe of Hope 103.2 Mornings in Sydney, Australia. Visit their website at www.hope1032.com.au. For complete show notes, go to http://www.theologyofwork.org/resources/katherineinterview.

Katherine Leary Alsdorf is the Founder & Executive Director of Redeemer's Center for Faith & Work. She came to Redeemer in 2002, after 20 years in the hi-tech industry, to establish the Center and help nurture a meaningful integration between people's faith and their professional work. She is the co-author of Every Good Endeavour: Connecting your work to God's work. She joined Life and Faith to discuss the connections between work and faith.