by Rob Tribken | Apr 2, 2023 | Finding Purpose, Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
In her 1942 essay “Why Work?” Dorothy Sayers made a strong case that we should not undertake work for the money it provides but for the sake of the work itself.[1] Sayers (1893 – 1957), as you might know, was an English crime novelist, poet, and...
by Rob Tribken | Aug 11, 2019 | Finding Purpose, Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
From April 16, 2010: In April 2010, the Center for Faith and Enterprise brought scholar Michael Novak (1933-2017) to California for a speaking tour. We sponsored speaking events at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena (hosted by the Max De Pree Center for...
by Rob Tribken | Feb 10, 2017 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
Three weeks ago I had the pleasure of hearing psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi speak at the Western Positive Psychology Association conference. Csikszentmihalyi is one of the founders of positive psychology (with Martin Seligman) and is well known and highly...
by Rob Tribken | Feb 10, 2017 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
This month’s Reason Magazine (March, 2017) has a very interesting article by Francisco Toro on the bad seeds of Uganda. He means bad seeds literally – – seeds that do not germinate when planted. I have a special interest in what Toro has to say about this...
by Rob Tribken | Aug 28, 2016 | Finding Purpose, Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
“The Entrepreneurial Calling: Perspectives from Rahner” by the late William J. Toth of Seton Hall is an extraordinary theological reflection on the entrepreneurial vocation and the deeper significance of the entrepreneur’s hope, risk, and service to...
by Rob Tribken | Apr 12, 2015 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
Underlying much of the “faith and work” movement and many of the books on the subject is the assumption that religious people want to connect their faith and their work. In a recent presentation to the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion,...
by Rob Tribken | Apr 11, 2015 | Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing, Role of the Church
Different spheres of life have different grammars. By this I mean that not only do we use different words in different spheres, but that the logical rules and structural relationships between the words can be quite different as well. This can create a problem when we...
by Rob Tribken | Jul 12, 2014 | Finding Purpose, Markets, Enterprise, and Wellbeing
In his article “Serious Business: Why It Matters,” C.F.E. friend Tony Mulkern summarizes (link) some of the arguments made by Michael Novak during his C.F.E. sponsored speaking tour a few years ago, and then concludes with his own excellent advice to...
