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3 Practical Ways to Integrate Your Faith & Work
Studies have shown that the average person will spend over a third of his/her waking life at work. Since most Christians are not engaged in full-time vocational ministry, how do we integrate our faith into one of the biggest portions of our lives–our work?
Jesus Loves the Little Children: Lessons from Serving at Brookstone Schools
I grew up singing “Jesus Loves the Little Children”, and those words will always be deeply ingrained in my mind and heart. It wasn’t until recently that I realized the lyrics of that song are rooted in much deeper, profound truths. In Mark 10:14, Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Recently my church in Charlotte focused on this passage, and I was humbled as I examined my own faith in relation to my personal relationship with Jesus.
6 Reasons Why Heaven is Not Our (Long-Term) Home
Note: This post was written by Hugh Whelchel, Executive Director of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and author of How Then Should We Work?: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work. The article originally appeared here.
The Blessings of Living with a Host Family
After I accepted a position in the Charlotte Fellows Program, one of the things I most looked forward to was living with a host family. I didn’t get my hopes up that I would love the family I was placed with–that seemed too good to be true.
Meet the New Charlotte Fellows, Class of 2015-2016
Three weeks ago we kicked off the year with our annual Charlotte Fellows welcoming party. We are so excited and expectant about what the Lord is going to do in and through everyone involved with the program this year. Check out our new crop of Fellows below!