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Karam Forum: Rising to the Challenge with Hope, Vision and Wisdom
Note: Karam Forum isn’t the only digital opportunity for ON collaboration! Here’s a quick reminder of an opportunity we shared last month: Register today to join Scott Cormode, author of The Innovative Church, and Michaela O’Donnell Long for a...
Flourishing and Justice as “Subduing” the Earth
Note: The new book Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom for a Fruitful Christian Vision of the Good Life publishes papers delivered at colloquia that were held by the Oikonomia Network in 2019. This innovative, cross-disciplinary scholarly collaboration is now available...
Living Faithfully in a World of Difference
Note: Adapted from the authors’ new book, Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference. This book’s central question is how Christians can engage with those around us, while both respecting people whose beliefs differ from our own and maintaining our...
Classic EWP Talk: Pastoral Leadership for Flourishing Communities
We’re all struggling with pandemic-adapted classrooms. An invaluable tool to help you adapt your classes for the new pedagogical reality is our library of Economic Wisdom Project Talks. To avoid losing students to “Zoom fatigue” in your digital or blended class, a key...
Seminary Spotlight: Western Seminary
In this seminary spotlight, we highlight Western Seminary’s Center for Leadership Development. The CLD is a part of our institution specifically aimed at equipping men and women to thrive as Christians in their workplaces, whether they work in church ministry or...
Seminary Spotlight: Denver Seminary
Note: This article spotlights work at Denver Seminary, where three faculty members are individual faculty partners of the Oikonomia Network. Appropriately for the new pandemic reality, this update comes to you via video. A transcript, with links to the...
Karam Forum 2021 Digital Event on January 5
It’s been a crazy year, and you’ve been waiting patiently for word on our annual Karam Forum event. We didn’t want to make any hasty decisions, or make announcements when we weren’t yet sure what we were doing. But we’ve been working behind the scenes to craft the...
Human Flourishing: Scholarly Collaboration from the ON
Note: The new book Human Flourishing: Economic Wisdom for a Fruitful Christian Vision of the Good Life publishes papers delivered at colloquia that were held by the Oikonomia Network in 2019. This innovative, cross-disciplinary scholarly collaboration is now available...
Innovative Church: Book and Webinar
Note: Register today to join Scott Cormode, author of The Innovative Church, and Michaela O’Donnell Long for a webinar on how churches can transform their approach to vocation to connect with the rapidly changing needs of the world around us. The Innovative Church is...
Workplace Discipleship: A Biblical Case for Partnership and Teams
Note: Excerpt from Workplace Discipleship 101: A Primer by David W. Gill, copyright 2020 by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The secular case for teams tends to be pragmatic: teams are embraced because they...