Dec

10

2009

Justin Taylor|12:00 pm CT

Deathbed: I Wish I’d Spent More Time at the Office
Deathbed: I Wish I’d Spent More Time at the Office avatar

The provocative conclusion of a good article by Richard Doster in byFaith magazine on God’s design of work for his kingdom purposes.

On their deathbeds, many Christians will regret that they didn’t love their neighbors, care for the poor, or advance Christ’s kingdom as they should have. They might therefore, with their final breath, gasp: “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.”

Read the whole thing.

If you’re interested in exploring these issues further, there are (thankfully) a number of good resources now. One introductory book to consider is Gene Veith’s God at Work (a broader popularization of a Lutheran perspective on vocation). And an outstanding sermon series was done last year by Tom Nelson, entitled The Curse of the Cubicle? The first link in the following takes you to the MP3, following by an outline and discussion starter in PDF:

  1. The Sunday to Monday Gap (PDF)
  2. Is Work a Four-Letter Word? (PDF)
  3. Work and Hope (PDF)
  4. The Extraordinary Ordinary Life (PDF)
  5. Gifted for Work (PDF)
  6. Divorce from Reality (PDF)

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