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New EWP Talk: Two Sons: The Gospel and Work

New EWP Talk: Two Sons: The Gospel and Work

Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the inaugural Karam Forum, Celeste Cranston of Seattle Pacific University spoke on the Parable of the Two Sons (often known as the...

New EWP Talk: Chosen Sojourners in I Peter

New EWP Talk: Chosen Sojourners in I Peter

Note: This article describes one of the ON’s Economic Wisdom Project Talks, designed to be used as class assignments. At the 2017 Karam Forum, Constantine Campbell of Trinity International University spoke on the tensions of Christian identity in the modern...

Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum

Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum

Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. Preaching Ask students to prepare a topical, a narrative and an expository sermon on a passage...

Mission, Culture and Economics

Mission, Culture and Economics

Jay Moon of Asbury Theological Seminary opened a session at the inaugural Karam Forum with provocative comments on cultural change, communal beliefs and the economics of technology. Using a perplexus ball, Moon describes the “functional integration of a culture” and...

Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum

Sample Assignments Across the Curriculum

Here are more sample assignments to help inspire fresh thinking about how to incorporate a concern for vocation, flourishing and economic justice across the curriculum. As in my last article – which covered biblical studies, theology, preaching and liturgy – several...