Every Job a Parable: What Walmart Greeters, Nurses, and Astronauts Tell Us about God
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NAAGQVU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Every Job A Parable Michael Taylor "Every Job A Parable" by John Van Sloten is a good read on integrating work with the Christian faith. Indeed, many people seem to subscribe to the "sacred/secular" separation of our week. Indeed, for the believer, everything Sunday-Saturday is sacred and the author shows how we can represent and reflect God through various occupations. A few examples of how God fits into our jobs follow:1. Delivering flyers2. Walmart greeter3. Electrician (as an electrician brings power to a home or building, God brings power into our lives through Jesus Christ).4. Auto mechanic5. Scientist6. Sanitati. I love the concept and think it’s great to teach our If you have a child in a Christian college or even a teen, you may have heard him/her mention the concept of vocational ministry. In short, vocational ministry is what was practiced by the Apostle Paul and Priscilla and Aquila. They were tent makers and continued to practice their trade as they were also teaching others about God.The Bible doesn’t give us a lot of details, but one would imagine they met people through their trade. Those relationships gave them opportunities to demonstrate and share their faith as they worked, as well as teaching in their time outside of the &ldq. Every Job A Parable EVERY JOB A PARABLEWhat Walmart Greeters, Nurses & Astronauts Tell Us About GodBy John Van SlotenDo you think your job is important to God? Does God think your job is important to Him? The answers can be found in this book about jobs and how they serve God. The author has compiled many stories from across the USA about the different occupations and vocations from the people that work every day for a living. Many of these people do not realize how important their job is and how much God is using that job and them for His glory. Stories from the high paying to the job that own pays mini
He is the author of The Day Metallica Came to Church: Searching for the Everywhere God in Everything. He teaches a preaching course at Ambrose Seminary and has been the recipient of several John Templeton Foundation grants for preaching science.. Author and narrator John Van Sloten pastors a church in Calgary, Alberta
Van Sloten weaves in vignettes from various occupations that reflect aspects of God’s image in the traits that help people excel in those professions. He delves into what it means to live in the image of God, how work is a parable, what God reveals to people about himself through their work, and how people can become closer to God through work. He urges readers to stop and consider how character traits of God are reflected in the things that make us good at the work we do, and to experience God more on the job. The book is organized around four key questions, with chapter groupings around particular themes. In some places Van Sloten diverges considerably from the topic at hand, but he faithfully returns to the image-bearing nature of day-to-day work. Based
God created the world so that it runs best when it mirrors Him, and we ourselves find the most fulfillment when we recognize God behind our labor.John Van Sloten offers a fascinating and innovative reflection on vocation: Our work is a parable of God; as we work, we are icons of grace.. Good news: All work matters to God, because all work reflects some aspect of the character of God. A Walmart greeter, a nurse, and an astronaut walk into a church.They each bring with them their own exhaustions and exasperations, their own uncertainty about whether and how their work matters to God