As a next step I am planning to read Dorothy Sayers well-forgotten essay “Why Work?” - it seems to have some interesting albeit controversial ideas. There is also a recent book by Miroslav Volf, “Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work” that I probably get.

It was great meeting up with you last week. I couldn’t make it this Wednesday to your bible study, maybe next week! Let’s continue to pray and talk about this and not let this thing just become passe.

Good stuff. I agree about the ethics and evangelism. Both tends to miss the point of the work itself.

However, I really think that the devil is in the details. (Remember Tim Keller’s story about the converted actor?) Every work contains its own culture and for every culture, there are parts that we need to specifically reject, accept and redeem accordingly. But we don’t really know our own work culture very well.

Perhaps people really ought to share about what their work really involves and expose that to other people. Getting marketers to talk to each other may not work since they may share the same blind spot.

Also, I think that there ought to be some serious thinking about how the Cross comes in to change work. It is the cross alone that makes Christianity Christianity. But I have not yet learn how to bring that into work.

cheers,
Edward