how does God view work - and what should that mean for me?

The small group that I've been in since January is reading this book together.  Work & calling are topics that I've thought a lot about and have had hundreds of conversations about (a clear by-product of working with college students and young professionals!)  The level of discussion in the group has been so honest each week and I am incredibly grateful for the transparency of my fellow readers.  I continue to be so very blessed by my church. 

No matter what your daily work consists of - maybe you teach, raise kids, work with the sick, manage money, the list goes on & on - this book is a worthwhile read.  In a prior post, I talked about how God's calling for us is 9 - 5 and 5 - 9 - and Keller's book helps you take a look at the ways in which we often allow the 9 - 5 to define us, to the exclusion of the other places to which God has called us.  A good example of a question our group has talked about: how do I define a good/successful day?  Such an excellent diagnostic question!

The book begins with looking at a basic theology of work (what did God intend for work at creation?), and then moves into how work has been affected by the fall.  Really thought-provoking stuff.  And I love God's sense of timing for me in this.  I'm in a season where work is demanding more of me than I want due to circumstances I can't control, & so I'm wrestling daily with how to use my time - both at work & outside of work - so that I'm able to live out my calling in all the pieces of my life. There is no perfect answer, it seems - but I am grateful that this book is helping me think intentionally about my real-time situation.