Training through live Internet sessions allows Christian schools to avail themselves of training without paying for travel and accommodations.
Training is possible anywhere in the world with sufficient Internet capacity.
Interaction between the instructor and the group is as easy as in a face-to-face presentation.
It's for anyone who works, whether for pay or not for pay! It's for homemakers (making a home is hard work), high school students (school work is hard work), bankers, lawyers, carpenters, farmers... It's for people who want to bring meaning to whatever work they do.
Knowing how to work is a lost art these days, but knowing why we work is an even greater mystery! 87% of workers worldwide are either unhappy with their job, or they lack motivation to actively engage with it. This course brings meaning to any kind of work!
Yes, any kind of work (as long as it is ethical). God's Pleasure At Work is even for retired folk, because washing dishes and mowing the lawn is still work! This course applies to anyone who does work at home, at school, or in the community, for pay or not, from age 8 to 98.
Recommended for 10th and 11th grade.
An introduction to work, economics and human flourishing from a biblical perspective.
Yes, there is an e-book with over 50 video clips embedded throughout the text to make the learning experience more vivid and memorable. The text is called, God's Pleasure At Work & The Difference One Life Can Make.
This 180-page e-text (pdf format) comes with a 48-page, hard-copy, full-color Participant Guide, for reinforcing the main ideas and to for providing easy access to the course concepts for many years to come.
For more details about the text, including sample chapters and an independent review, click here.
The cost for the God's Pleasure At Work Curriculum Pack, including the 180-page God's Pleasure At Work e-text with over 50 video clips, 48-page (hard-copy) Participant Guide and 53-page (hard-copy) of The Lost Purpose for Learning is $35. To order, call Ablaze Publishing, at 425-702-9741.
"WRAP" stands for: "Worklife Restoration and Advancement Project"
It is a 2-year commitment on the part of Christian schools to have the entire teaching staff trained in the fundamentals of biblical worldview and theology of work, with classroom applications at every grade level.
If students fail to see how academics fit into the bigger picture of a biblical worldview, including theology of work, they will tend to see the Bible as relevant to personal matters, or affairs of the church, but not relevant to business, law or civil service. Because of this, many will leave their faith at the workplace door as adults, and the world suffers for it.
Christian schools often see "biblical worldview integration" as a goal, but it is actually a means to a greater end. The WRAP clarifies that greater end. For more, read Dr. Overman's essay, The Lost Purpose for Learning.
For details about how the WRAP program works, and the cost, click here.
Go to the Contact page to request a phone appointment with Dr. Overman.
To read what participants in the WRAP have said, click here.