Ampersand Photography: Thursday Q & A // Theology of Work
It’s Thursday! Time for another Q & A post!
A question someone posed to me a few weeks ago (I’m sorry, I forgot to write down who asked this…):
“I am a fellow photographer desiring to make a business and have been thinking through things such as: What is work according to God? What does it look like? What does rest look like? How have these two been redeemed by Christ? What are they going to look like for my life? … I would love to hear your mission statement: the reason you work and the way you should work. I would also love to hear any edifying words you have for someone starting a photography business.
This is such a great question, and a necessary thing for any person to think through, whether Christian or not— regardless of whether you are an artist, a businessman, a homemaker, or a student. I’m going to answer this in points, that could, perhaps, be an entire blog series, but I have so many other questions to answer that I’m just going to do this all in one shot. ...
1. Defining Work
What is work according to God? What does it look like? What does rest look like? How have these two been redeemed by Christ?
Answer: work is an expression of God’s character. It’s original purpose is the “advancement of human flourishing to the glory of God.” We were made to work, because we were made in th image of God, who is a Worker.
I attended The Gospel at Work Conference back in January. The opening session was entitled, “The Theology of Work,” and is to date, one of the best sermon’s I’ve ever heard. You can download the message here (and I highly recommend that you do so… like, NOW). A few basic points from that message: ...
Read the whole thing. You may not agree with her at every point but I love how she is wrestling with a practical theology of work in her in own context and being intentional about integrating her life.
Looks cool, I'll check it out.
Posted by: NKR | Apr 05, 2013 at 04:31 PM