Sunday Conversation with Pastor Ross Stackhouse: The Purposeful, Balanced Life: Working & Resting Well Like God

The HeavenEarth Church Podcast Exists to Amplify The Conversation Happening at HeavenEarth Church. This conversation centers around the vision to be a church that make a lasting impact in our community by building relationships with all kinds of folks, helping people know and live like Jesus together. You can help the HeavenEarth Church Podcast share and amplify this conversation by:Following or subscribing to the HeavenEarth Church Podcast, Give a five star rating to the HeavenEarth Church Podcast, Writing a review about your HeavenEarth Church Podcast Experience. Please follow, rate and review at the following channels:Apple Podcasts SpotifyPodchaserFrom the very beginning, literally, God worked and rested. And the supreme act of God’s work from which God rested? Creating humans in the image of God to do good, purposeful work like God and with God–and also to rest like God and with God. To be human is to struggle to live purposefully, especially as it relates to “work.” But maybe how we see work is our problem to begin with. That’s why we’re kicking off this series about work…and rest. For the next several weeks, we’re going to reflect on questions like: What’s our work for in the first place? What is “calling” and what does it have to do with work? What do we mean by “rest” and what does God mean by “rest”? Finally, what does it look like to work well in life and rest well in life–in ways that are purposeful, balanced, and deeply connected to Jesus and his vision for life? Scripture: Genesis 1 and 2, especially Genesis 2:1-4; 1 Peter 4:7-11