Open Hands Legal Services (“Open Hands”) Executive Director, C.J. Masimore, has been recognized by The New York Law Journal as one of its 2014 Rising Stars. Open Hands is a Center for Faith & Work Business Plan Competition winner. The award recognizes New York lawyers age 40 and under “who have established a record of accomplishments and dem...
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Our Place
in the Story
By Timothy Keller I recently read Matthew Bowman’s The Urban Pulpit: New York City and the Fate of Liberal Evangelicalism (Oxford, 2014). The book recounts that the original established churches of New York were the Dutch Reformed and Anglican churches. Then the evangelical awakening, spearheaded by George Whitefield and others in the late 1730’s and 40’...
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The Use of
Feminism in
Advertising
By: Stephanie Walton (Since the term “feminism” is such a controversial one, it’s worth defining before we get started. By “feminism,” I’m referring to the cultural conversation on empowering women to pursue the life they want – whether career, family, or both – in a manner that does not place them under existing expecations for how w...
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The Digital Opera Orchestra
By: Megan Knapp This year, opera has been in the headlines quite frequently with New York-native Renée Fleming singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl and Russia-born, New York City-based soprano Anna Netrebko singing during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. However, along with the positive media buzz, the opera industry h...
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CFW Artist’s
“The Offering”
Up for Award
By: Ryan Patch Center for Faith & Work film director Ryan Patch’s new short film, “The Offering” has been nominated for the prestigious Palm Springs ShortFest Online Audience award. Check out the film below, read Ryan’s thoughts, and vote for the film to receive the award at the link below. Viewer discretion is advised for those under the age of 16...
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Humanizing
Work Through
Leadership
Being a leader is about creating a way for people to contribute in order to make something extraordinary happen. Nancy Ortberg discusses two simple ways in which leaders can do this to humanize work. First, she explores the ways God reminds us to look in small places for great things. Second, she tackles the importance of workplace conflict and the need for giving feedback to those we...
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