What Do You Do For a Living? (Booklet) by Justin S Holcomb

“What do you do for a living?” Whether you have a great answer to that question (“I have an important job!”) or a not–so–great answer (“I’m unemployed!”), the problem of defining ourselves by what we do instead of who we know, means that our self–worth is tied to our performance, instead of who we are as a son or daughter of God.

Justin S. Holcomb, a man with many jobs, unpacks how our ideas about work affect how we think about ourselves and others. Instead of work being a ladder to self–worth that we are either climbing up or falling off of, Justin describes a third way—where work, even work in a broken world, is a part of what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God, and a tool to help us grow in our love for God and others.

Title

What Do You Do For a Living?
Author(s)

Justin S Holcomb
Series

New Growth Press Mini Books
ISBN

9781942572244
Format

Booklet
Publisher

New Growth Press
Topic

Work & Money
Audience

Adults
Pages

24
Published

01/04/2015

Justin S Holcomb

Justin S. Holcomb is an Episcopal priest and a theology professor at Reformed Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He co-authored with his wife, Lindsey, God Made All of Me, Is It My Fault?, and Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault. Justin also has written or edited numerous other books on historical theology and biblical studies. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and at JustinHolcomb.com.

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