{"product_id":"kingdom-calling-vocational-stewardship-for-the-common-good-9780830838097","title":"Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine the scenarios: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea CEO successfully negotiates a corporate merger, avoiding hundreds of layoffs in the process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean artist completes a mosaic for public display at a bank, showcasing neighborhood heroes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea contractor creates a work-release program in cooperation with a local prison, growing the business and seeing countless former inmates turn their lives around\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea high-school principal graduates 20 percent more students than the previous year, and the school's average scores go up by a similar percentage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow imagine a parade in the streets for each event. That's the vision of Proverbs 11:10, in which the \u003ci\u003etsaddiqim\u003c\/i\u003e--the people who see everything they have as gifts from God to be stewarded for his purposes--pursue their vocation with an eye to the greater good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Sherman, director of the Center on Faith in Communities and scholar of vocational stewardship, uses the \u003ci\u003etsaddiqim\u003c\/i\u003e as a springboard to explore how, through our faith-formed calling, we announce the kingdom of God to our everyday world. But cultural trends toward privatism and materialism threaten to dis-integrate our faith and our work. And the church, in ways large and small, has itself capitulated to those trends, while simultaneously elevating the \"special calling\" of professional ministry and neglecting the vocational formation of laypeople. In the process, we have, in ways large and small, subverted our kingdom mandate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod is on the move, and he calls each of us, from our various halls of power and privilege, to follow him. Here is your chance, keeping this kingdom calling in view, to steward your faith and work toward righteousness. In so doing, you will bless the world, and as you flourish, the world will celebrate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Amy L. Sherman\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, where she directs the Center on Faith in Communities. She also serves as a senior fellow with the International Justice Mission. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Garber is the principal of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation Culture, which is focused on reframing the way people understand life, especially the meaning of vocation and the common good. A consultant to foundations, corporations and schools, he is a teacher of many people in many places. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fabric of Faithfulness, \u003c\/i\u003e he is also a contributor to the books \u003ci\u003eFaith Goes to Work: Reflections from the Marketplace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGet Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalogue.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife, Meg, in Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647509500178,"sku":"9780830838097","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56765403-1936-4b07-8b9e-88765105762c.jpg?v=1734801299","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kingdom-calling-vocational-stewardship-for-the-common-good-9780830838097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}