New to faith and work theology? Want to understand how God sees your work? Looking for resources to a specific challenge you’re facing in the workplace?

We have curated a list of resources from Christian leaders in the field of faith and work. You can also visit the NIFW blog for original content surrounding faith and work.

faith and work theology: introductory resources

Books:

• Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work — Tim Keller and Katherine Alsdorf

• Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good — Steve Garber

• Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work — Tom Nelson

• Work and Worship: Reconnecting our Labor and Liturgy — Matthew Kaemingk & Cory B. Willson

• Work: It’s Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation — Dan Doriani

• Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk — Jordan Raynor

• Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good — Amy L. Sherman

• The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World — Peter Scazzero

• Working in the Presence of God: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Work — Denise Daniels and Shannon Vandewarker

• Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World — Michaela O’Donnell

• Faith Driven Entrepreneur: What it Takes to Step Into Your Purpose and Pursue Your God-Given Call to Create — Henry Kaestner, J.D. Greear, Chip Ingram

ARTICLES and essays: 

• Why Work? — Dorothy Sayers

• Rethinking Business and Ministry — Christianity Today

• Why Ethical Work is Not Enough — Praxis Labs

PODCASTS: 

• Faith and Work Podcast — Denver Institute for Faith and Work

• Making It Work — Theology of Work Project

• Faith Driven Entrepreneur — Faith Driven Entrepreneur

• The Call to Mastery — Jordan Raynor

• Managing Leadership Anxiety — Steve Cuss

Additional RESOURCES:

• Compassionate Accountability, by Next Element Consulting. Redemptive Conflict Management in the Workplace.

RELEVANT TOPICS IN FAITH AND WORK:

racial reconciliation and Workplace equity:

• The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism — Jemar Tisby

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness — Austin Channing Brown

• Race, Economics, and Apologetics: Is There a Connection? — Luke Bobo

• Making It Work Podcast: The Invisible Burden of Being a Black Woman in the Workplace — Austin Channing Brown

• Toward a Racially Just Workplace — Harvard Business Review

• Moving Beyond Diversity Toward Racial Equity — Harvard Business Review

• Tragedy, Tipping Points, and Trust — Rev. Dr. Irwyn Ince

• Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation, and Unity in the Church — multiple contributors

• As in Heaven (podcast) — The Gospel Coalition

Calling and Vocation:

• Redeeming Work: A Guide to Discovering God’s Calling for Your Career — Bryan J. Dik

• Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human — John Mark Comer

• The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions — Emily P. Freeman

• What if My Work Isn’t My Passion? — The Gospel Coalition (written by Missy Wallace, founder of NIFW)

• 3 Things Your Calling Is Not — The Gospel Coalition

• The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life — Os Guinness 

• Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling — Andy Crouch

• What Are the Three Callings of a Christian? — Andy Crouch

• 4 Ways God Calls Us to the Same Things — Made to Flourish

Burnout, stress, and sabbath:

• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World — John Mark Comer

• Sabbath: An Enduring Principle for the Soul — The Gospel Coalition

• Sabbath — BibleProject

• Six Biblical Methods for Handling Stress — The Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics

• Burnout in Business: The Epidemic of a Hustle Culture — C12 Group