Karam Forum 2020 was a landmark. If pastors see themselves as CEOs, the call to justice and vocation – which rocks our placid organizational boats – will feel like a threat. But if pastors are shepherds, they can see that the call to justice and discipleship is essential to the flourishing of the flock. Discipling […]
Impact Report: ON Equips Classes with Over 9,300 Students per Semester
At Karam Forum 2020 in Atlanta, the Oikonomia Network presented its new 2019 Impact Report. This document introduces the mission and vision of the network, with an overview of who our partners are and what we’re doing; provides testimonies and statistics on the scope of our impact; and previews our needs and opportunities for the years […]
Measuring Workplace Success: A Christian Perspective
Reprinted from Made to Flourish. What’s your measure for success at work? Somewhere in the back of my mind I carry around a little scorecard for success at work. “How was your day today?” my husband will ask me over dinner. To answer his question, I take out my little mental scorecard and review how […]
Tooting Our Horn: EWP Talks Assigned in Classes with 1,300 Students
We’re grateful for the success of our Economic Wisdom Project Talks, a library of short and accessible – but catalytic and theologically weighty – videos that can be easily assigned to students in classrooms. Covering topics from Jesus as an economic teacher to the Trinity and work to how we can preach a public faith […]
Making It Work: A TOW/Fuller Podcast
As we step into the new year, we often welcome resolutions and reflections. We look at the year behind, and cast hopes and goals into the new year – and even the new decade – ahead. This fall, the Theology of Work Project launched a new podcast, Making It Work, in partnership with The Max De […]
Seminary Spotlight: Criswell College
Five nouns, which we call our Graduate Profile, drive our teaching at Criswell College: Ambassador, Cultivator, Peacemaker, Problem-Solver and Professional. When students walk across the stage on graduation day, we intend that they will be these five things. We introduced our new Graduate Profile this academic year as a promise to our students and a […]
“Are You Sure I Should Say This?” Mouw & Jones at Karam Forum 2020
Theological leaders Richard Mouw and Greg Jones have dedicated much of their careers to equipping Christians to seek the common good of their communities. Both have led theological institutions and published on the intersections of faith and public life for many decades. Both will bring together the two sides of their careers – as scholars […]
God Is Just, God Is Love
Note: This is an excerpt from the author’s book What Is a Girl Worth: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics. Denhollander will be a featured guest at Karam Forum 2020, taking place in Atlanta on Jan. 3-4; register here to join us. The reality of […]
Karam Forum: Meeting Ministries in Atlanta
Karam Forum is an incarnational experience. God made us as embodied creatures, not brains in jars! As Karam Forum comes to Atlanta this Jan. 3-4, we’ll be encountering a variety of people and organizations – some you’ve probably heard of, and some you probably haven’t – who are taking the lead on bringing a new […]
EWP Talks: Pastoral Leadership and History – Embodying the Mission
The Oikonomia Network’s Economic Wisdom Project offers students the opportunity to learn from leading theological scholars on topics ranging from Theology to Culture, from Ethics to New Testament studies. This month, we are highlighting EWP Talks on Pastoral Leadership and History, exploring how these areas of study can cultivate a holistic, integrated understanding of Christian […]
Church for Monday
Note: Excerpt from Church for Monday by Sveltana Papazov (Living Parables Books, 2019) www.ChurchForMonday.com. Available everywhere print books are sold. A Model for the Future As we know, the week has 168 hours. People spend on average only one hour at church on Sunday morning. What about the other 167 hours spent primarily at work, but also at home, and at […]
Seminary Spotlight: Covenant Theological Seminary
Rooted in the Reformed and Kuyperian traditions, Covenant Theological Seminary offers students both specific courses on work and a curriculum-wide approach to engagement with the labor of humanity and of believers in particular. Covenant Seminary students initially engage work in the classroom through a first-year course, taught by three professors, titled Calling, Vocation and Work. […]
Justice and Vocation: Rachael and Jacob Denhollander at Karam Forum 2020
Justice advocates Rachael and Jacob Denhollander stand out as representative of the best leadership that God’s people have to offer today as the church wrestles with the complex challenges of justice. Justice is not only integral to the gospel, but integral to vocation. We’re pleased to have the Denhollanders – a lawyer and a systematic […]
Seed Co. Hires ON to Consider AI, Culture and Translation
We have an exciting new development at the Oikonomia Network (ON). We’ve created a new service called Karam Labs. Seed Company, a prominent Bible translation organization, has hired the ON to gather scholars for a collaborative consultation event. Drawing on the wealth of theological wisdom stewarded in our schools, our scholars will work with Seed […]
Racial Wealth Gaps and What Your Church Can Do about It
Reprinted from Made to Flourish. A few years ago in a powerful op-ed in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof wrote that “the United States now has a greater wealth gap by race than South Africa did during apartheid. Whites in America on average own almost 18 times as much as blacks; in South Africa in 1970, the ratio […]