About The Lord at Work
Most of us will spend an enormous part of our lives working.
We’ll work for good bosses and bad ones. We’ll deal with difficult coworkers, impossible deadlines, office politics, layoffs, promotions, competition, conflict, ambition, disappointment, success, failure—and the occasional meeting that absolutely, positively, without question could’ve been an email.
So what would happen if we brought a little more of what Jesus taught into all of it?
The Lord at Work is about applying the teachings of Jesus to the way we work, lead, collaborate, communicate and treat one another.
Not just on Sunday.
But on Monday morning when somebody has scheduled that 7:30am “quick sync.”
Faith for the other five days
Jesus had quite a lot to say about subjects that sound surprisingly familiar in our modern workplace: leadership, humility, conflict, honesty, forgiveness, service, ambition, money, fairness, judgment, courage and how we treat people who make our lives difficult.
Granted, He never had to respond to a 46-message Reply All chain. But the principles hold up remarkably well.
The Lord at Work takes those teachings and asks a simple question:
What does this look like at work?
How should we handle the coworker who talks behind our back? The boss who takes credit for our idea? The employee who keeps making the same mistake? The promotion we desperately want? The colleague we simply cannot stand?
Because “love your enemies” becomes a considerably more interesting assignment when your enemy has the desk across from yours.
The goal isn’t to turn the workplace into church.
It’s to become better people while we’re there.
Who’s writing this?
I’m Paul Amelchenko. I’m a husband, a dad, a Christian and a longtime advertising and creative executive.
I’ve spent decades working with people—in corporations, ad agencies, client organizations and classrooms. I’ve led teams, managed people, pitched ideas, lost pitches, won pitches, navigated corporate politics and dealt with difficult personalities.
I’ve attended enough meetings about meetings to know the workplace can test your faith.
I’m not a priest. I’m not a pastor. And I’m not a theologian.
I’m simply a working man trying to understand the teachings of Jesus more deeply—and figure out how to actually live them during the part of life where many of us spend most of our waking hours.
What you’ll receive
On the first and third Monday of each month, free subscribers receive a flagship The Lord at Work article exploring a teaching of Jesus, its scriptural context and what it might mean for the realities of modern working life.
Then on the Wednesday after each flagship article, paid subscribers receive PUT IT TO WORK, a shorter, practical companion designed to turn Monday’s idea into action.
That might include a conversation framework, workplace exercise, a challenge, set of reflection questions, decision-making tools or specific actions you can try before the week is over.
Think of Monday as:
Here’s the teaching. Here’s why it matters.
And Wednesday as:
Okay. Now what do I actually do with it?
Because knowing “blessed are the peacemakers” is one thing. Remembering it five minutes before your performance review is another.
Free or paid?
Free subscribers receive the weekly flagship essays: Scripture, perspective, stories and ideas for bringing the teachings of Jesus into everyday working life.
Paid subscribers also receive the Wednesday Put it to Work editions, with practical applications, exercises, challenges, frameworks and reflection questions—and access to participate more deeply in the conversation and community.
You don’t have to be Christian to belong here. You don’t even have to be particularly religious.
You just need to be interested in the possibility that 2,000-year-old wisdom might still have something useful to say about the meeting you’re walking into tomorrow morning.
And, with any luck, help you get through it without saying something you’ll have to apologize for on Thursday.
Welcome to The Lord at Work.
