Work

“ ‘Pastor, pastor—I just met my surgeon, and guess what? He is a CHRISTIAN!’ I must bite my tongue in the moment, but I’m thinking to myself, ‘But is he a good surgeon?’” - P&D

“It’s immediately obvious how to write books, adjudicate laws, or teach students in distinctly Christian ways; it’s less obvious how to cut grass or tighten a pipe fitting in ways that move society towards further righteousness.” - P&D

“The longing to be seen and valued isn’t weakness. It’s deeply human. After all, God created us to work and intends for our work to matter.” - TGC

“In the work-from-home world—and for many pastors, stay-at-home parents, or caretakers—this experience isn’t unusual. Even if our devices are silent, our minds keep humming. Our closed laptops sit on the table and whisper, ‘Just one quick thing …’” - TGC

“One definition of ‘overwhelm’ is ‘[to] bury or drown beneath a huge mass.’ While our work might feel like a huge mass we’re buried or drowning beneath, God tells us in Scripture, ‘When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned and the flame shall not consume you’ (Isa. 43:2).” - TGC

“Certain jobs may indeed be temporary placeholders or stepping stones…. It’s not wrong to have career aspirations and to explore other opportunities while we are working a less ideal job. However, it’s a mistake to diminish what God can do in and through us in the present moment.” - TGC

“Work is the meaning of life. Got your attention? Your identity is tied to what you do. I bet I have it now.” - Collin Hansen

“My project, a story for another day, is large and demanding. Depending on when you ask, you might find me thinking that it could be my finest contribution yet or that I have finally and utterly overestimated the degree to which my peculiar intellectual passions have any significance at all and should quit while there is still time to pivot to something actually useful.” - IFWE

“Van Wassenhove’s experience is a cautionary tale for those who care only about the money. That’s what she had: no work, just the paycheck. Yet that didn’t provide fulfillment.” - IFWE

“I grew up in a little Baptist church in Arkansas. And like believers everywhere, we had some things exactly right — and a few things profoundly wrong. One of those things was the idea that only formal ministry counts as a calling, and only our pastors and missionaries are truly called.” - Christ Over All