Professors Denise Daniels and Elaine Ecklund developed a Faith at Work Matrix for the different ways we can live out our vocational calling. The third way we leverage our work is to realize that work serves the common good.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited NASA. When he asked a janitor who was sweeping a floor what he did, the janitor said, “I am putting a man on the moon.”
In Genesis 2:15, we read, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”
Each ethical job has an important role to play in caring for this world. The goods and services we provide add to the common good and adds more enjoyment to our work.
