The chasm between work and worship has a devastating effect on the health, vibrancy, and effectiveness of both our labor and our liturgy.
Drawing on years of ministry, teaching, and leadership experience, Matthew Kaemingk and Cory Willson explain that our Sunday worship and our Monday work desperately need to inform and impact each other. They engage in a rich biblical, theological, and historical exploration of the deep connections between worship and work, showing Christian leaders how to help people practice the presence of God in and through their daily work.
Work and Worship will be a valuable resource for professors and students in courses on vocation, work, calling, worship, and practical theology. It will also appeal to pastors and worship leaders as well as marketplace ministry leaders who want to enact Christian practices in the workplace.
Contents
Foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Introduction
Part 1: Foundations
1. Worship That Forms Workers
2. Worship That Fails Workers
3. Workers in the Pews
Part 2: Resources
4. The Old Testament: The Integrity of Work and Worship
5. The Pentateuch: Bringing Work into Worship
6. The Psalms: Singing God's Work into Ours
7. The Prophets: Destroying Work and Worship
8. The Early Church: Worship and Work in Ancient Christianity
9. The Early Church Offering: Work Becomes Worship in Christ
Part 3: PracticesÂ
10. Work at the Lord's Table
11. Worship That Gathers Workers
12. Worship That Scatters Workers
Epilogue:Â Rethinking Monday
Indexes
304 pages.
Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy is in the following collections:
