Why Your Work Matters
How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-58743-647-5 (ISBN)
Description
Americans spend a majority of their waking hours working, whether paid or unpaid. Due to rapidly advancing technology, hybrid work, shifts in the economy, and more, the working world has become an increasingly complex place to navigate.
In this newly expanded and updated version of his 2011 book, Work Matters, author and pastor Tom Nelson wrestles with the latest trends and dynamics of work, including remote work, work-life balance, technology, the meaning of Sabbath, and working for the common good.
Nelson explores the grand story of work in the Bible, revealing that all work matters in God's economy and that Christians can love and serve their neighbors no matter what they do for their daily vocation. He helps readers discover that their work matters deeply--not just now but for eternity.
Why Your Work Matters contains 70% new material and has been updated throughout. It includes six new chapters and a new introduction.
In this newly expanded and updated version of his 2011 book, Work Matters, author and pastor Tom Nelson wrestles with the latest trends and dynamics of work, including remote work, work-life balance, technology, the meaning of Sabbath, and working for the common good.
Nelson explores the grand story of work in the Bible, revealing that all work matters in God's economy and that Christians can love and serve their neighbors no matter what they do for their daily vocation. He helps readers discover that their work matters deeply--not just now but for eternity.
Why Your Work Matters contains 70% new material and has been updated throughout. It includes six new chapters and a new introduction.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ada, MI
United States
Publishing group
Baker Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58743-647-5 (9781587436475)
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Person
Tom Nelson is an award-winning author and speaker and the founding pastor of Christ Community Church, a large multisite church in Kansas City. He is founder and executive chairman of the national nonprofit Made to Flourish, which helps church leaders equip their people for everyday life in the workplace and the economy. He also is a founding council member of The Gospel Coalition and previously served on the leadership team of the Oikonomia Network. Nelson and his wife, Liz, have two grown children and live in Leawood, Kansas.
Content
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: God's Story
1. Why Work?
2. Work's Great Tragedy
3. Work's Gospel Transformation
4. Work's Grand Future
5. Jesus the Carpenter
Part 2: Your Story
6. Thank God It's Monday
7. Neighborly Love
8. Avoiding Burnout
9. The Changing Seasons of Work
10. The Changing World of Work
11. Your Monday Mission
Introduction
Part 1: God's Story
1. Why Work?
2. Work's Great Tragedy
3. Work's Gospel Transformation
4. Work's Grand Future
5. Jesus the Carpenter
Part 2: Your Story
6. Thank God It's Monday
7. Neighborly Love
8. Avoiding Burnout
9. The Changing Seasons of Work
10. The Changing World of Work
11. Your Monday Mission