Here at The Stone Table, we celebrate the sacredness of every day work. All kinds of it! Whether you’re a brain surgeon or sweep floors, redeemed by the Gospel your work matters. This is a message so many of us never grew up hearing, so when we see this being declared...
How has business as mission (BAM) excited the business leaders in your church? This week we sat down with Pastor Nathan Peternel of Life Church in Fishers, Noblesville, and Indianapolis, Indiana to talk about how BAM is exciting the business leaders of his church. At...
Recently I passed a life milestone, a major milestone – retiring from my “day job.” This wasn’t like hitting age 40, 50 or 60; those are just numbers. Retiring is a significant life change, one which – as my wife likes to point out – does not affect just me. A...
I worked in the mail room at Word Records when I was in college. I was a student at Belmont University, ground level for a lot of starry-eyed artists looking to break into the Nashville music scene. This mail room gig gave me a chance to rub shoulders with some of the...
The day of my accident began normally, with the early morning sun poking holes through the makeshift shade my husband rigged up the night before. Daylight came early in Honduras so no alarm clock was needed to get us up and going. Our missions team had come to...
How can Christians in the marketplace engage the kingdom everyday? This week when talking with Pastor Rob Ketterling (River Valley Church) we asked him how he encourages those in his church who are working in the marketplace. Like always, he had some wonderful insight...
It’s August in Indiana and that means corn around every corner. Where the modern world has not yet stomped in to plop down a strip mall or housing addition, there grows corn taller than most men. The farmers rejoice because 2018 has been a bumper year for the farmer...
I was a musician in a prior life. A music pastor actually. It was a beautiful season of life, a season where I was able to leverage gifts for the piano, music composition, and arranging that I had been cultivating since I was a little boy. It was also a season where I...
How do we find happiness in our work? This week we spoke with Erik Cooper, the President of The Stone Table, about finding happiness in our work. It's safe to say that we all want to be happy, but should the pursuit of happiness be our focus? You see, happiness is not...
I went looking for happiness, but she’s hard to chase down. I pursued her through hidden corridors and back alleys, occasionally catching the faint gleam of her beautiful hair blowing in the early morning light. But to no avail. She was there and then she was gone....
Do you ever struggle to find meaning and purpose in your everyday work as a Christian? Do you ever struggle to connect your, your faith and your passion for God and for his kingdom with your day job? Well, I've certainly been there and I think countless Christians...
In 2021 let’s be careful of the danger that is workism and evaluate our personal work so that it may honor God.
2020 has given us some setbacks, Jesus is the only thing that can bring us forward
In 2021 let us make it our resolution to collapse more on Christ