by Austin Humbles, marketing & communications specialist, Chalmers Center | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Reprinted from the Chalmers Center. “Am I really helping this person? Or am I just handing them another band-aid?” As a deacon serving in a local church, these are some of the most difficult questions I’ve faced. Nearly every week, we meet with people from...
by Paul Anderson, professor of biblical and Quaker studies, George Fox University | Mar 10, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Note: This article spotlights the work of Paul Anderson, an individual faculty partner in the Oikonomia Network. He delivered this address as the 1985 Quaker Lecture, Western Yearly Meeting. See original text for full citations. Part Two of Two; read part one here....
by Oikonomia Network | Feb 4, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Being the church means bringing life to the world, but how do we help our students lead churches that do that? In this stimulating new talk, Oikonomia Network Director Greg Forster argues that “economic life is the most powerful way to bring life to the world,”...
by Oikonomia Network | Feb 4, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
When the church is divided by ethnic separation and political polarization, the kingdom of God is revealed less fully to our neighbors, and has a gravely diminished impact on communities. Sadly, our neighbors today are less likely to see the church either as an...
by Meryl Herr | Feb 4, 2020 | Newsletter Articles
Reprinted from Made to Flourish. My friend Jason crowned me “Queen of the Side Hustle.” From the day we met, I had some sort of part-time, freelance work going on the side of being a student or a stay-at-home mom. Now, nearly a decade later, I’ve had to renounce my...
