Faith & Work Blog

Practical, gospel-centered resources on the intersection of faith, work, and culture.

Letters to a Friend

To a friend who is frustrated at work for reasons beyond their control: Our God is inexplicably near to you in this frustration because Christ himself was there: subject to the plans of others, prey to agendas aimed against flourishing, victim of the greatest force beyond our control.

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faithcoop
April 17, 2025

Work ≠ Worth

God in His mercy has continually lifted my eyes from my inbox to remind me that all “work” matters and has re-shaped my priorities in the ways necessary to truly know, love, and serve Him.

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faithcoop
March 24, 2025

Weddings and Treasures

What does it look like to store up treasures in heaven if people are the treasure? From a number of lessons learned through weddings, Josh Suddath show us how Jesus invites us to make people our treasure and watch our hearts grow as we send our treasures “on ahead”.

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faithcoop
February 28, 2025

Citizen & Consumer: The Language of Belonging

As Americans, we are referred to as consumers more often than we are citizens. What does such a shift say about us as a society? Matt Busby offers 3 small steps we can take to begin living more as citizens and stewards of the city we call home.

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faithcoop
September 17, 2024

Serving the City Across Vocations: An Interview with Chris Sands

Chris Sands, Executive Director of Community Safety and Gun Violence Prevention for the City of Chattanooga, shares how his passion for seeing our community thrive persists across vocations, from full-time pastor to full-time government work.

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faithcoop
August 04, 2024

Reshaping My View of Work: A Reflection on God’s Faithfulness in Job Transition

Mel Pipkin shares an honest reflection on what she learned during a recent career transition and how God worked through curiosity, community, and change.

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faithcoop
July 18, 2024

Shaped by a Kingdom Climate

What might it mean for us in 2024 to situate our stories into the climate of the Kingdom of God? In this post, Ralston suggests three ways we might align ourselves with the Kingdom Climate thought attention to the ordinary, mercy toward the margins, and a confident end to the story in Christ.

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faithcoop
June 28, 2024

God’s Presence in our Work: An Interview with Russ Gehrlein

In the final interview of our series, Russ Gehrlein shares how his faith informs every decision, career change, and hardship through three foundational principles of faith and work.

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faithcoop
June 10, 2024

Sharpening Our Leadership Metaphors

Derek Halvorson, Executive Director of the Brock-Barnes Center for Leadership at Covenant College, shares his reflection on the importance of the posture of stewardship as a leader.

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faithcoop
May 28, 2024

How Failure Enabled Me To Comprehend God’s Definition of Success

Paul Payne shares with us an honest reflection on the beautiful ways God works in failure and disappointment.

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faithcoop
May 15, 2024

University Administration: A Calling Towards Redemption and Reconciliation

Kevin Ung, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship at Lee University, shares how he views his work as part of God’s redemptive narrative.

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faithcoop
April 22, 2024

Work as an Offering: An Interview with Sam Guthrie

An interview with Sam Guthrie, Customer Success Manager in the education technology industry, on the importance of posture and perspective in our work.

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faithcoop
April 10, 2024

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