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Every Waking Hour: An Introduction to Work and Vocation for Christians is unavailable, but you can change that!

Every Waking Hour offers a theological framework for understanding the connection between the Christian life and how we spend our time. We must rethink “work” as any way we engage with God’s creation—and develop a more robust, biblical understanding of how Monday through Friday intersect with Sunday morning. Christ-followers are not merely chaplains on the job site—we are partners in Christ’s...

Is that broad? Yes, but think about it: When I walked into my office this morning, did “work” happen when I flipped on the light switch, pulled out my laptop, answered the first email, or sat down to start writing? We might say work began when I started doing something that pertained to my paycheck. But I’ve never received a paycheck for cutting my grass, and we can all agree that’s work. So where does work take place? Wherever people interact with God’s world—whether planting bulbs or planting churches,
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