Why Your Work Matters: How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World - Paperback

by Tom Nelson (Author)

Americans spend a majority of their waking hours working, whether paid or unpaid. Due to rapidly advancing technology, hybrid work, shifts in the economy, and more, the working world has become an increasingly complex place to navigate.

In this newly expanded and updated version of his 2011 book, Work Matters, author and pastor Tom Nelson wrestles with the latest trends and dynamics of work, including remote work, work-life balance, technology, the meaning of Sabbath, and working for the common good.

Nelson explores the grand story of work in the Bible, revealing that all work matters in God's economy and that Christians can love and serve their neighbors no matter what they do for their daily vocation. He helps readers discover that their work matters deeply--not just now but for eternity.

Why Your Work Matters contains 70% new material and has been updated throughout. It includes six new chapters and a new introduction.

Back Jacket

The Extraordinary Purpose of Ordinary Work

Americans spend a majority of their waking hours working, whether paid or unpaid. Due to rapidly advancing technology, hybrid work, shifts in the economy, and more, the working world has become an increasingly complex place to navigate.

In Why Your Work Matters, Tom Nelson tells the grand theological story of our daily work, exploring recent developments in how we work, how God shapes our lives through our work, and why our work matters for eternity.

"I can only imagine the difference it would make in the church and in our world to see Christians catch and implement Nelson's vision for their work."
--Collin Hansen, vice president of content, The Gospel Coalition; author of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

"Though we live in a broken world, Nelson emboldens readers to work with and for God. A helpful guide for those seeking to commit their work to the Lord and honor him in their callings and career paths."
--Robin C. John, founding member and chief executive officer, Eventide

"If you judge a book by its relevance to your life and its ability to bring you closer to knowing God, then you'll be hard-pressed to find a better book from the past five years."
--Henry Kaestner, cofounder of Faith Driven Movements, Sovereign's Capital, and Bandwidth

"Every page echoes with words of ancient wisdom and powerful affirmation that your work matters to you and your community, that it's a praise to God."
--Chris Brooks, senior pastor, Woodside Bible Church; host of Equipped with Chris Brooks

"Sit with these pages. You and the world will be better for it."
--Nancy Ortberg, chief executive officer, Transforming the Bay with Christ

Author Biography

Tom Nelson is an award-winning author and speaker and the founding pastor of Christ Community Church, a large multisite church in Kansas City. He is founder and executive chairman of the national nonprofit Made to Flourish, which helps church leaders equip their people for everyday life in the workplace and the economy. He also is a founding council member of The Gospel Coalition and previously served on the leadership team of the Oikonomia Network. Nelson and his wife, Liz, have two grown children and live in Leawood, Kansas.