Theology
Robert Covolo
A Prayer for Public Servants

Here, Robert shares a prayer from our recent Reimagining Work event. Join us in prayer over our public servants and the important work they do for the flourishing of our communities.

A Prayer for Public Servants
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Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles
Reimagining Work Vol. 12: Public Policy in ...

Our twelfth Reimagining Work gathering, focused on public policy in Los Angeles, brought together distinguished guests and panelists for an inspiring evening of insights and collaboration.

Reimagining Work Vol. 12: Public Policy in Greater LA Round-Up
Theology
Robert Covolo
Labor Day Rest

Labor Day is seen by most Angelinos as the last gasp of summer; a three-day weekend serving as summer’s conclusion—the bookend to Memorial Day’s launch of summer.  It is well known that Memorial Day honors those who died in the armed forces defending our country, but less is known about the significance of Labor Day. Is it a secular holiday—a materialist nod to the role workers play in building the economic prosperity of the United States? Or should we include Labor Day among holidays Christians take note of? 

Read on to hear more as Robert Covolo explores why Christians have good reason to enter Labor Day with celebration. 

Labor Day Rest
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Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles
Introducing the 2024-25 Class of Framework ...

The Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles is excited to welcome 8 new participants into our 2024-25 class of the Framework Fellows Program.

Please take a few moments to learn a little about this wonderful group of fellows and the unique offerings they will each bring to the cohort this year.

Introducing the 2024-25 Class of Framework Fellows
Theology
Steven Lindsey
A Prayer for Students

Here, Steve shares a prayer for students. As they are being ushered into the new academic year, join us in prayer over them, that while each student's mind is being sharpened, a strong, Christ-centered, foundation will be instilled within them.

A Prayer for Students

Theology

Longing for Joyful Labor — Advent Week Four

Longing for Joyful Labor — Advent Week Four

The last three decades have seen an exponential demand for jobs in the creative sector. Indeed, some are so desperate to find “creative” employment that they will take on demanding internships with no pay. But nobody works in the service industry for free. Jobs as a cashier, food server and housekeeper are viewed as less rewarding. Yet a joyful cashier I met at Target was telling a different story. Rather than her work hampering her joy, her joy transformed her job.

How does this kind of joy at work happen? How is it possible to maintain consistent joy in the face of monotonous, discouraging, or difficult work?

In our final week—Week Four of our Advent blog series—we reflect on a Target cashier, Isaiah, and Brother Lawerence to see how to engage work in a different way and experience the fullness of the Lord’s joy in the process.

Longing for Peaceful Labor — Advent Week Three

Longing for Peaceful Labor — Advent Week Three

It is staggering to think of the vast amount of time and effort that goes into resolving workplace conflict. Will it ever end? The prophet Isaiah believes it will.

In Week Three of our Advent blog series, we find hope in Isaiah 2 and reflect on the promise that upon His return, Christ will act as the ultimate adjudicator—bringing peace to workplaces around the world.

Longing for Fruitful Labor — Advent Week Two

Longing for Fruitful Labor — Advent Week Two

There is an incredible variety of kinds of work—from farming, to finance, to the fitness industry. But one thing all work has in common is the fruit we seek to gain from our labor.

In Week Two of our Advent blog series, Robert Covolo explores the story of Sisyphus alongside the words of Isaiah to unpack the longing we all experience—in the immediate sense and in the enduring sense—for meaningful work.

A Prayer for Soul Replenishment and Blessing

A Prayer for Soul Replenishment and Blessing

At our recent event, Reimagining Work Vol. 9: Spiritual Disciplines for Our Current Moment, Margaret Lindsey—our own Co-Director here at CFWLA—blessed attendees with thoughtful teaching and guidance on how to infuse our daily lives with more stillness as well as what it looks like to cultivate space to commune with the Lord. Read on as Margaret graces us all again with a prayer of replenishment and blessing.

I Know I Matter to God, but Does My Work? Part III

I Know I Matter to God, but Does My Work? Part III

So far in Part I & Part II, we’ve reflected on how God values our work since aspects of his nature as a worker get expressed as we work. We also saw that the purpose for our work is rooted in our primary call to glorify God above all else in all we do, including our daily work. Work is much more than simply a means to a better end outside of the workplace such as providing for ourselves or church.

However, we all know an idealized view of work hardly addresses the brokenness of our everyday experience. Read on as we conclude this series and see how God uses broken and unfinished people to accomplish his will and purpose in the world.

I Know I Matter to God, but Does My Work? Part I

I Know I Matter to God, but Does My Work? Part I

My background in becoming an aerospace engineer coupled with my early involvement in a solid Bible-believing church right out of college created a tension I spent several decades trying to reconcile. What does having Christ as the Lord of all of my life, as I learned in church, have to do with the daily grind of building complex aerospace products? In your case, you might be keeping an office organized, accounts efficiently managed, juggling day jobs with night jobs to make ends meet, laboring as a stay-at-home parent, or closing a large deal as a managing partner in a private equity firm.

What is it that relates what we are doing with our work lives directly to living in and for the Kingdom of God as Jesus commanded? Just how does God respond to our deepest questions about work?