Integrating Faith and Work: A Conversation with Dr. Wayne Park

In this episode I talk with Dr. Wayne Park, chancellor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Texas and professor of congregational and marketplace leadership, about integrating faith and work. He pushes back on the idea that workplace faith is just Bible studies or evangelism, and argues that work has intrinsic value and can contribute “kingdom value” and the common good. We explore how the workplace can be a primary site of spiritual formation, using practices like a rule of life, Ignatian-style examen, group discernment gatherings, and set prayers like the Serenity Prayer to realign desires and presence during the day. We discuss closing the Sunday–Monday gap by platforming congregants’ everyday work, visiting people at their workplaces, and even imagining communion brought into work settings. He names leadership myths shaped by Machiavellian and Darwinian business models and recommends accountability groups. He suggests Tim Keller’s “Every Good Endeavor.”