A woman buys bananas. Photograph from The Royal Library, Denmark
We buy. We sell. We work. We collect our pay. We solve problems. We face more problems. And so it goes.
Is it the rat race? Or is it the free market? Does our work really matter at all?
These are honest questions that arise from working in a diverse marketplace. They become much more pointed in a troubled or volatile economy. It is very easy to live “in the weeds” of these challenges and our task lists each day. But we believe God has more for us in our work than life in the weeds.
The implications of a God-centered view of work include more than personal fulfillment. Much more. The simple act of working to provide for a family represents God the Father as provider. But should faithful provision be our exclusive goal? Can we do that effectively and more?
I believe so. This blog is an attempt to experience more of God in our work, and to better serve others and the broader marketplace with our labors each day.
Marketplace Ambassadors begins this journey with the recognition that God is a worker, and that the Bible as the authoritative Word of God has much to say about our work and about the global marketplace in which we operate. Imago Dei and Sola Scriptura are two of our most fundamental principles here.
Marketplace Ambassadors is, as the name suggests, a collective and a representative effort. This blog is an extension of Covenant of Life Church’s ministry of the same name. It is primarily the creation of Keith Welton and Mark Fedeli, two members of Covenant Life who help lead this ministry. And it is a two-way street: our Christian faith fundamentally informs our work and all our interactions with the marketplace, and the realities of our work significantly impact our prayers and our pursuit of God as Christians.
We have two feet in the marketplace and two feet in the church. We thank God for the privilege to work, we want to be diligent and effective, and we want to see the grace of Jesus Christ flourish through our meager efforts.
In short, we pray that God will work in and through our work. And we offer this blog as an invitation for you to join us in this amazing journey of learning how to better serve others and experience God’s work through our work each day.
