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FaithWorks Lancaster | Conversations on Calling

by FaithWorks Lancaster

Many Christians experience a sacred-secular divide—where faith and work feel disconnected. Faith communities have often reinforced this gap by treating work primarily as a platform for evangelism rather than as sacred calling.FaithWorks Lancaster exists to equip Christians in Lancaster County for faithful work that fosters flourishing communities. We believe all work—when done in response to God's calling—can be worship and a way we serve our neighbors.This limited series is a listening tour: We're discovering how people are already pursuing this integration in their daily vocations.

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Episodes

  1. 011 | Can You Defend Your Faith at Work? ft. Mark Farnham

    Can you share—and defend—your faith at work without being pushy, preachy, or landing in HR?Josh and Eric sit down with Dr. Mark Farnham, professor of apologetics at Lancaster Bible College, founder of Apologetics for the Church and author of Every Believer Confident. Together, they explore why...

  2. 010 | Not Just a Job: Bringing Faith Into Everyday Work ft. Jess Gehman

    What does it look like to live out your faith in a professional environment without being awkward, forced, or performative?Commercial banker and community leader Jess Gehman joins Josh and Eric to discuss how faith shapes the way she builds relationships, serves clients, navigates difficult...

  3. 009 | AI, Work, and the Fight to Stay Human

    In this episode of FaithWorks Lancaster: Conversations on Calling, Josh and Eric explore what it means to stay human — and Christian — at work in the age of artificial intelligence.Using David Brooks’ essay on three types of AI users as a starting point, they discuss the “productive passenger,”…

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  4. 008 | Why Work? ft. Dorothy Sayers

    In 1942, with bombs still falling on London, a bestselling detective novelist stood up and told the Church it had gotten work almost entirely wrong.Her name was Dorothy Sayers. She wasn't a theologian — she paid the bills writing murder mysteries and translated Dante for fun. But in her essay…

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  5. 007 | A Software Company Accidentally Wrote a Theology of Work

    A software company sat down to figure out how to ship better products — and accidentally wrote a theology of work. In this episode, Josh and Eric step away from interviews for an unscripted experiment: bringing a biblical imagination to bear on *Shape Up*, the product-development methodology from...

  6. 006 | Faith and Work: Creating a Culture that Sticks ft. Chris McNamara

    What does it actually look like to live out your faith at work — not just "be nice" or drop a Bible verse at the water cooler, but genuinely shape the culture around you?In this episode of FaithWorks Lancaster: Conversations on Calling, Josh and Eric sit down with Chris McNamara, Director of…

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  7. 005 | Does Your Work the Other Six Days Matter to God? ft Terry Timm

    Does your work actually matter to God? In this episode of FaithWorks: Conversations on Calling, hosts Eric Brandt and Josh Swartz sit down with pastor, author, and leadership coach Terry Timm to tear down the false divide between Sunday worship and Monday work.We dig into a theology of everyday...

  8. 004 | Faith That Shows Up at Work

    What would it look like if your faith actually showed up at work — not just on Sunday, but every single day?In this episode of FaithWorks Lancaster: Conversations on Calling, Josh and Eric sit down with theologian and author Dr. James Spencer to explore why so many sincere Christians live with a...

  9. 003 | Finding Significance at Work

    Every year, Gallup runs studies on job satisfaction — and every year, the results are worse. People feel stuck, unfulfilled, and disconnected from any deeper purpose in their work. But what if the problem isn't the job? What if it's the paradigm? In this episode of FaithWorks Lancaster:...

  10. 002 | Two Journeys, One Question — Does Faith Change Your Work?

    What got two guys who think way too much about faith and work to actually start a podcast about it? In Episode 2, Josh and Eric pull back the curtain on their own journeys — how they got here, why they care, and what they're still figuring out.Josh shares how his path through pastoral ministry, a...

  11. 001 | Why FaithWorks Lancaster Exists

    Is your work just a means to an end, or is it something more? Most people spend 40+ hours a week waiting for the weekend, feeling like their professional labor has no connection to their deeper purpose. It’s time to close that gap.In this inaugural episode of FaithWorks, we go beyond the surface...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Many Christians experience a sacred-secular divide—where faith and work feel disconnected. Faith communities have often reinforced this gap by treating work primarily as a platform for evangelism rather than as sacred calling.FaithWorks Lancaster exists to equip Christians in Lancaster County for faithful work that fosters flourishing communities. We believe all work—when done in response to God's calling—can be worship and a way we serve our neighbors.This limited series is a listening tour: We're discovering how people are already pursuing this integration in their daily vocations.

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Many Christians experience a sacred-secular divide—where faith and work feel disconnected. Faith communities have often reinforced this gap by treating work primarily as a platform for evangelism rather than as sacred calling.FaithWorks Lancaster exists to equip Christians in Lancaster County for...

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