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Faith & Work

Following Jesus from nine to five, and seeing work as worship. 17 articles.

  • November 11, 2026

    Good Enough Is the New Standard

    AI makes 'fast and good enough' easy to accept. A software leader and garage-ministry pastor on how standards quietly slip, what craftsmanship really means, and why doing less, better, beats doing more, poorly.

  • November 10, 2026

    Is My Work Still a Calling?

    AI is rewriting job descriptions faster than anyone can update them. A pastor and software leader on the difference between your calling and your job description, and why one should be held tightly and the other loosely.

  • November 9, 2026

    If a Machine Can Do My Job, Who Am I?

    When AI starts doing what you're good at, it can shake your sense of who you are. A software leader on losing something he loved, why men feel this so sharply, the fear under the AI arguments, and where worth really comes from.

  • November 9, 2026

    What Are You Building With?

    In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul says God will test every life by fire. Why that's freeing, and how ordinary days become gold when our work flows from the Spirit.

  • November 8, 2026

    Adrift: When the Ground Moves Every Month

    AI tools change so fast that no skill feels stable. A software leader on how much his own work changed in six months, what never changes, and why your tools should be loose and your principles fixed.

  • November 7, 2026

    Nobody Asks Each Other Anything Anymore

    AI makes us more efficient and quietly more alone. A software leader on what's disappearing from the workplace, why learning still happens best together, and simple ways to stay connected.

  • November 6, 2026

    Am I Working for the Machine Now?

    When your whole day is waiting on AI and editing what it produced, the relationship has flipped. A software leader on the warning signs, why it's happening, the gifts we risk losing, and how to take charge again.

  • November 6, 2026

    Love God With All Your Strength: Your Body Is Not a Spiritual Afterthought

    Part 4 of a series on the Greatest Commandment: why your body matters to God, what it means to offer it as worship, and ten practical ways to love Him with your strength.

  • November 5, 2026

    I Feel Stupid Now

    AI can make experienced people feel slow, behind, and afraid to ask questions. A software leader on the 'unfair' feeling, the shift from doing to directing, and the wink that makes it safe to say 'I don't know.'

  • November 4, 2026

    The Computer Works for Us

    A software leader on the quiet fear inside the AI shift: not losing your job, but losing the human parts of it. What I told my team, what I'm feeling myself, and how to stay human.

  • November 2, 2026

    Faithful at the Post Office

    Faithfulness isn't doing what looks most spiritual. It's following the Spirit's leading wherever God has put you, including a normal job nobody notices.

  • Giving Account · Chapter 2 companion

    Close the Books: What the Month-End Report Teaches About Accountability

    In every business, the man who managed the money writes the report. Auditors review it. Scripture uses the same pattern, and it changes how men give account.

  • June 8, 2026

    Add-On Faith vs. All-In Faith

    Some people want life with a side of Jesus. 1 Peter 2:13-17 shows what all-in faith looks like in the most public parts of life: citizenship, honor, and freedom.

  • January 31, 2026 · Full Service

    Worship with a Wrench: When Work Becomes Worship

    Is work as worship just a nice metaphor? Romans 12:1 says your ordinary, hands-on service is real worship, as real as anything on a Sunday morning.

  • September 10, 2025 · Second Fiddle

    Making Peace with the Career You Won't Have

    Every bi-vocational pastor pays a career sacrifice. Here's how to name it, grieve it honestly, and trade the ladder for something that lasts.

  • August 8, 2025 · Second Fiddle

    Two Full-Time Callings, One Life: Living with the Permanent Tension

    Balancing ministry and work as a bi-vocational pastor isn't a problem you solve once. It's a tension you learn to carry. Three postures that help.

  • March 3, 2025 · Second Fiddle

    What Paul the Tentmaker Teaches Pastors Today

    Tentmaker ministry isn't a compromise. What Paul's work in Corinth teaches pastors about access, credibility, and the freedom of not preaching for a paycheck.