Welcome to a breakpoint, a daily look and an ever-changing culture through the lens of

unchanging truth. For the Colston Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Well for many, labor is just a necessary evil. The work week is something to be slogged through to get to the rest and to the recreation of the weekend.

For Christians, however, work is neither evil nor pointless.

It's an invitation to bear God's image to join with God in his creative

and redemptive work. To quote 19th century Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle, who was once

quoted on a 1956 Labor Day stamp, quote,

Labor is life from the inmost heart of the worker rises his God-given force,

the sacred celestial life essence breathed breathed into him by Almighty God."

Well, today Labor Day is a good day to reflect on labor.

Contemporary author and financial commentator David Bonson has helpedfully unpacked the value

of work and the gift of work in his latest book, Full Time, Work and the Meaning of Life.

I recently had the privilege of interviewing David

Bonson about the value of work and stewardship. From that interview here's

David Bonson. For those of us who believe in cultural impact, the kingdom of God being a matter of all of these

endeavors that God has created that he cares about. The marketplace to me is the most fertile soil for Christians to do the

work of the kingdom, to stand out. There are areas in which it can be weird

because for one thing these days it might be weird to

tell the truth. It may be weird to understand basic human anthropology.

It may be weird to be faithful to your spouse.

You know, there's all kinds of things in which certain virtues,

character traits that are unique to Christians represent a positive differentiation.

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