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Welcome to the archives. These articles represent many different seasons of my career. You’ll find posts written during my doctoral studies, years of marketing consulting, entrepreneurial experiments, and the occasional reflection on whatever happened to be capturing my attention at the time.

Blogging looked very different when many of these posts were published. Rather than removing them or fixing broken links from now defunct themes, I’ve chosen to preserve them as a snapshot of where I was, what I was learning, and how my thinking has evolved over the years.

Some ideas have stood the test of time. Others reflect the questions I was wrestling with at that particular moment. Either way, they tell part of the story.

Following Your Call Leads To Healing

by Jason R Owens | Mar 4, 2020 | Faith and Work

This is the second post in a series that I am writing on how God is redeeming work. My major premise here is that originally intended for work to be productive, enjoyable and a natural extension of who you are.

In my earlier post where I kicked off the series, I mentioned I came across a presentation by Dr. Denise Daniels of Seattle Pacific University. One of the biggest insights I gained from Dr. Daniels’s presentation is that redemptive work facilitates

Physical healing
Emotional healing
Spiritual healing (Daniels, 2008)

Likewise I have also found a post from Dennis Sy who wrote a post titled Redeeming Work. Here Dennis makes the point that “No longer is work a necessary evil. It is now a calling.”

Is it possible that by following our respective callings that God will lead us to work that nurtures our souls and heals our bodies?

References

Daniels, D. (2008). Redeeming work: Living out God’s Purpose in our work [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.spu.edu/depts/sbe/cib/documents/CIB_Kiros_Redeeming_Work_Daniels_7-08.ppt