In 1942, a detective novelist told the Church it had gotten work almost entirely wrong. In this episode, Josh and Eric put four honest questions to Dorothy Sayers' essay "Why Work?" and let an 80-year-old argument talk back to Monday morning.
In 1942, with bombs still falling on London, a bestselling detective novelist stood up and told the Church it had gotten work almost entirely wrong.
Her name was Dorothy Sayers. She wasn't a theologian — she paid the bills writing murder mysteries and translated Dante for fun. But in her essay "Why Work?" she made a claim that still stings: most of us, and most of our churches, treat our jobs as the part of life where God isn't paying attention.
This week on the podcast, Josh and Eric do something different. Instead of a living guest, they invite a guest from the past into the room and put four honest questions to her essay — then let an 80-year-old argument talk back to the way we work now.
I believe the work we do Monday through Friday matters to God and to our neighbors. A native Lancastrian with fifteen years in Christian higher education, I co-founded FaithWorks Lancaster to cultivate theologically reflective practice at home.
I believe any task or job can be worship, a way to reflect God to creation and to our neighbors. A seminary-trained Lancastrian with a decade in Christian higher ed, I co-founded FaithWorks Lancaster to bring this posture into everyday life.
AI can produce, summarize, and assist, but it cannot hunger. In this episode, Josh and Eric use David Brooks' three types of AI users to ask what work forms in us, and what we risk handing away.
