Why Faith & Work

I want to be a generous person —but I also want stability and comfort.

I want to be gracious —but I also want others to pay for the pain or injustice they cause, particularly when that pain or injustice (or even irritation) impacts me. 

I want to be present with those I care most about —but I also want the temporary relief from the painful (or boring) parts of life provided by unlimited access to information and entertainment streaming from the glowing screen in the palm of my hand.

And even more confusing, the priorities we care about most can conflict with each other:

I want to provide for my family —but the amount of time and energy required to do so is in direct conflict with a healthy work/life balance.

We all have a default mode that can sabotage the very priorities which matter most to us. 

The result? A life not being lived to its fullest potential in alignment with the Maker’s original intention and design.

Living in the tension between what actually is and what should be is a mark of the human condition.

Rather than acknowledge and address the very reality of this tension, we default to what has worked in the past or strive to manipulate our circumstances in an effort to numb the discomfort.

For those who are followers of Christ, living a life that honors God and aligns with his eternal purposes is of paramount importance. We’d like to think that our lives are oriented to (and driven by) God’s purpose and design, but the choices we make and, as a result, the lives we actually live often tell a different story.

We numb hope.

We work harder.

We become slaves to comfort, fear, and a thousand other idols that stealthily shift form in the blink of an eye.

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”

—C.S. Lewis

How can we bring the reality of our Monday-through-Friday selves in alignment with the values aspired  by our Sunday-morning selves?

Is it possible to live more integrated lives that are wholly oriented toward, and ordered according to, God’s design and eternal purposes?

Could our everyday work actually honor God and serve our neighbors rather than serving to achieve our individual goals? 

If you’re curious and want to learn more, we’d consider it an honor and a privilege to explore alongside you. We have much to learn from one another.