Podcasts about kingdom calling vocational stewardship

As Christians, we are to be agents of flourishing–people who seek the common good for their city. But the individual question remains: "How can I be an agent of flourishing when I have such little influence?" Join Joanna Meyer and Amy Sherman, a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute & award-winning author, as they discuss community, shalom, and the Church. Amy Sherman is the author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good and Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society.

Whether you are a pastor, nonprofit leader or working professional, many have found this to be a difficult season of work. How do we move beyond the exhaustion and reimagine the vocation God has set before us? The Bible says work is good, and it's good for us. It is a means of worship and service, and we are called into work so that we may be contributors to other's flourishing. In Today's Conversation podcast, NAE President Walter Kim is joined by Amy Sherman who helps us refocus our perspective on work, while we consider the significance of our vocational callings and the importance of our vocational stewardship. Walter and Amy also discuss: How God often uses our work as a vehicle to form us; Why there isn't a sacred or secular divide between work and ministry; How we can be agents for the common good through our work; and What individuals can consider as they discern or reevaluate their vocational callings. Read a Portion of the Transcript Walter: One of the interesting ways that you describe work in your writing is this “vocational stewardship.” What do you mean by that? Amy: I think we're familiar in many Christian circles with the idea of financial stewardship. When we use that phrase what we mean is that all of our financial resources are ultimately gifts from God and they're meant to be stewarded very intentionally according to God's values and to be deployed for the advancement of God's kingdom purposes. Similarly, all of our vocational resources or assets are also ultimately gifts from God, whatever things you happen to be good at, you know if you're naturally good at art or at math — neither of which I am naturally good at — those are vocational gifts. If God has designed your personality so that you're a really great counselor or you're a really great organizer or you're a really great shepherd and manager of people, those are vocational gifts. It was through God's providence that we have had the vocational opportunities that we have had. Ultimately it was God that provided whatever education we've been able to have or if we got to apprentice or learn a trade — again these are all gifts from God. And so just like we want to honor God in stewarding our finances well, so we want to honor God and deploy and carefully steward these vocational gifts that he has given to us for his kingdom purposes. I define vocational stewardship as the strategic and intentional deployment of all of the dimensions of our vocational power — so things like our skills, our expertise, the platforms or positions we might hold, the networks we have, etc. — carefully stewarding all of that to advance foretastes of the kingdom of God. Share the Love If you enjoyed the program, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That will help get the word out and raise the visibility of the show. Relevant Resources Read Amy's latest book, “Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good” Learn more about Amy and Sagamore Institute's Center on Faith in Communities. Listen to related podcasts: Steve Green | The Bible and Business Brad Hewitt | How to Be a Money-wise Christian Today's Conversation is brought to you by Bless Your Pastor. The post Amy Sherman | Reimagining Your Vocation appeared first on National Association of Evangelicals.

What does it take for Christians to pursue "shalom" in every corner of society? How can churches be a blessing to their communities in practical ways to actually make life better for those who live there? Our guest is Dr. Amy Sherman, the author of several books, manuals, and over 80 articles and essays. Her last book, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good from InterVarsity Press, won Christianity Today’s 2013 Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. She has just submitted the manuscript to InterVarsity Press for her next book, which will be titled, Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society. We discuss how churches can make positive impacts in six areas: The True, The Good, The Beautiful, The Prosperous, The Just and Well-Ordered, and The Sustainable. Amy earned her BA in Political Science at Messiah College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in international economic development from the University of Virginia. She volunteers as a Senior Fellow with the International Justice Mission and is a longtime member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA. Thanks for listening! Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate. Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God’s mission and online resources for further learning. There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson. On Reintegrate’s podcast page, you’ll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

We are created to flourish: to experience the wholeness (shalom) God desires and to be agents of bringing that flourishing to others. The Bible’s big story of “ought-is-can-will” provides the navigational grid that can animate an engagement with the world that’s marked by faithfulness, creativity, and hope.Dr. Amy L. Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, where she directs the Center on Faith in Communities. Named by Christianity Today in 2012 as one of the 50 most influential Evangelical women in America, Sherman is the author of seven books and nearly 100 articles in a variety of periodicals including First Things, The Public Interest, Policy Review, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture, as well as various online platforms. Sherman works closely with Made to Flourish, a pastors network for the common good focused on issues of faith and work. Her 2012 book, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, was awarded “Book of the Year” status in the Christian living category by CT. Her articles appear regularly in MTF’s Resource Library and on The Green Room, a blog sponsored by the Theology of Work Project. Her forthcoming book with Intervarsity Press examines how the Church can live into God’s call to seek the shalom of the city.Sherman is the founder and former executive director of a Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries, an urban ministry in Charlottesville, VA. She served for several years as a volunteer Senior Fellow with the International Justice Mission. She is a long-time member of Trinity Presbyterian Church. She earned her B.A. in political science at Messiah College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in international economic development from the University of Virginia. Her life verse is Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”Support the show (http://www.faithandlaw.org/donate)

What territory has God given you to work toward the common good? What are the ways that your job or your profession or even your industry could address real needs in your community? Amy Sherman, author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, provides some context for our particular moment in God's larger story and shares a few stories of people who found their “redemptive edge.”

When I read Amy Sherman's book, Kingdom Calling, it felt like the lights turned on for me. As I read her book, it became more and more clear that God wants to restore healing and wholeness in our world, not merely through spiritual vocations like pastors and missionaries, but through every vocation. Every kind of work is a way by which we love our neighbors and bring shalom into the world.In this episode, Amy Sherman unpacks the first part of Proverbs 11:10, which says, "When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices." Why would a city rejoice at the prosperity of the righteous? Wouldn't they be envious? And yet... There's something about the prospering of the righteous, both in the ancient world and the present day, that causes people and cities to rejoice!THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Amy Sherman is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Faith in Communities at the Sagamore Institute. Amy is also the author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good.The key verse on which Kingdom Calling is Proverbs 11:10a, which reads, “When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices.”The “righteous” are, in Hebrew, the tsaddiqim. These are people who are so in love with God and so committed to his purposes in the world that they understand everything they have been given as blessings to be poured out for the sake of others and in worship of this God.The tsaddiqim understand that they have been blessed to be a blessing.This is different from the prosperity gospel, which teaches that our prosperity is for our own enjoyment, rather than for the common good.We can think of “righteousness” as “set-rightness.” God longs to set all things right. And this reminds us of that wonderful Hebrew word shalom.God wants flourishing not only for our souls, but also for our bodies.Peace with God is part of a fourfold shalom. You can find out more about the four-fold nature of shalom in episode 3 of Spiritual Life and Leadership, The Fourfold Nature of Shalom.Vocational stewardship refers to “the intentional and strategic deployment of all of the dimensions of our vocational power to advance foretastes of the kingdom of God.”Life in the new heaven and new earth will be marked by such things as intimacy with God, perfect justice, peace, security, safety, health, beauty, and joy. We are called to steward our vocations in ways that lead to all these things for our neighbors today.Amy Sherman shares two present-day examples of people who are living as the tsaddiqim today. The first is a contractor who builds homes and neighborhoods designed to foster shalom. The second is an interior designer who focuses on designing spaces that are for everyone, especially in regard to accessibility and mobility.You can find out more about Amy Sherman and her work at www.vocationalstewardship.org. RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:Amy Sherman:Website: http://www.vocationalstewardship.org/Books mentioned:Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, by Amy ShermanTo leave a review of Spiritual Life and Leadership:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spiritual-life-and-leadership/id1435252632

Sagamore Institute Senior Fellow Amy Sherman shares the plenary talk on Stewarding Vocational Influence for the Center for Faith and Work Los Angeles' 2019 Annual Conference at Tapestry LA on April 6, 2019. Sherman is also the author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good.

Sagamore Institute Senior Fellow Amy Sherman and Garden City Church Senior Pastor Justin Buzzard share in a Q&A time during the Center for Faith and Work Los Angeles' 2019 Annual Conference at Tapestry LA on April 6, 2019. Sherman is the author of Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good. Buzzard is the co-author of Why Cities Matter: To God, the Culture, and the Church.

How do we re-integrate our faith and our daily work? Or, to put it another way, how do we announce and live out the Kingdom of God through our day-to day job or profession? Today on the BreakPoint Podcast, we present a Colson Fellows webinar with Dr. Amy Sherman, Director of the Center on Faith and Communities at the Sagamore Institute. Her topic: Vocational Stewardship.   Resources Apply to the Colson Fellows Program!   Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good Amy Sherman

Our guest on the September 20th Conference Call is Dr. Amy Sherman. The topic is "Business as an Agent of Community Benefit." We're pleased to have Dr. Amy Sherman with us as our guest for this edition of Businesses Doing Good. In this conference call, Amy will tell stories of businesses that are improving the quality of life for people where they serve. She will also share a framework for the movement that we are seeing among business leaders of doing good in their communities. Amy Sherman, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow with the Sagamore Institute. She directs the Institute’s Center on Faith in Communities (CFIC). CFIC provides training, technical assistance, and consulting to faith-based and community based social service providers and to religious congregations desiring to invest more effectively in their neighborhoods. The author of six books and over 80 articles and essays, Sherman is founder and former executive director of Charlottesville Abundant life Ministries, a holistic, cross-cultural, whole-family, church-based outreach in an urban neighborhood of approximately 380 lower-income, single-parent families. Sherman’s most recent book, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, won recent honors as Christianity Today’s choice as Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. Sherman earned her BA in Political Science at Messiah College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in international economic development from the University of Virginia. She volunteers as a Senior Fellow with the International Justice Mission and is a longtime member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA.

Beyond personal discipleship, Amy Sherman explains what it means to make disciples in the public arena, and she shares examples of what this looks like in the marketplace. (comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com) Amy Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute and was named by Christianity Today in 2012 as one of the 50 Evangelical women most influencing the American Church and culture. She's the author of six books and over 80 articles in periodicals including First Things, The Public Interest, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture. Her most recent book is Kingdom Calling Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, which was recently honored as Christianity Today's Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. She holds a BA from Messiah College and a MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. https://www.madetoflourish.org/people/amy-sherman/ Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples, transform the marketplace, and make an eternal impact. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com  

Beyond personal discipleship, Amy Sherman explains what it means to make disciples in the public arena, and she shares examples of what this looks like in the marketplace. (comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com) Amy Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute and was named by Christianity Today in 2012 as one of the 50 Evangelical women most influencing the American Church and culture. She's the author of six books and over 80 articles in periodicals including First Things, The Public Interest, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture. Her most recent book is Kingdom Calling Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, which was recently honored as Christianity Today's Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. She holds a BA from Messiah College and a MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. https://www.madetoflourish.org/people/amy-sherman/ Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples, transform the marketplace, and make an eternal impact. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com  

Beyond personal discipleship, Amy Sherman explains what it means to make disciples in the public arena, and she shares examples of what this looks like in the marketplace. (comment at www.TheologyofBusiness.com) Amy Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute and was named by Christianity Today in 2012 as one of the 50 Evangelical women most influencing the American Church and culture. She's the author of six books and over 80 articles in periodicals including First Things, The Public Interest, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Books & Culture. Her most recent book is Kingdom Calling Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, which was recently honored as Christianity Today’s Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. She holds a BA from Messiah College and a MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. https://www.madetoflourish.org/people/amy-sherman/ Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples, transform the marketplace, and make an eternal impact. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com