Working For A Purpose

It was through prayer and pilgrimage that Hyeran found her calling

Hyeran Jang (1973 –)

7 minute read

Jeremy Decker (1986 –)

1 minute read

To lift up the hands in prayer gives God glory, but a man with a dung fork in his hand, a woman with a slop pail, give him glory too. He is so great that all things give him glory if you mean they should. It is not only prayer that gives God glory but work. Smiting on an anvil, sawing a beam, whitewashing a wall, driving horses, sweeping, scouring, everything gives God some glory if being in his grace you do it as your duty.

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jesuit poet
1844–1889

A pastor who discovered that true vocation is how you live, not what you do for a living

Jerry Voll (1941 –)

7 minute read

Klaas van Thoor (1990 –)

2 minute read

Dorothy Mommsen (1922–2007)

3 minute read

Dorothy Bush (1964 –)

13 minute read

Stan Ehrlich (1920–2004)

2 minute read

Bronwen Barron (1995 –)

2 minute read

Else von Hollander (1885–1932)

2 minute read

Sheera Maendel (1991 –)

2 minute read

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A Window into a Christian Community at 100 Years

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Working For A Purpose

It was through prayer and pilgrimage that Hyeran found her calling

Hyeran Jang (1973 –)

Readiness to work wherever needed makes community life possible

Jeremy Decker (1986 –)

A pastor who discovered that true vocation is how you live, not what you do for a living

Jerry Voll (1941 –)

A graphic-designer finds a workplace where tensions can be discussed openly

Klaas van Thoor (1990 –)

The community laundress for twenty-five years, Dorothy loved nature and poetry

Dorothy Mommsen (1922–2007)

A nurse who calls many places – the United States, Nigeria, Germany, and England – home

Dorothy Bush (1964 –)

Intellectual finds fulfillment working in a factory

Stan Ehrlich (1920–2004)

Community gives the freedom to prioritize people over work

Bronwen Barron (1995 –)

One of the Bruderhof’s founding members, Else was recklessly devoted to what she called “the Cause”

Else von Hollander (1885–1932)

The work with the greatest impact may be right at home

Sheera Maendel (1991 –)

The Book

A Window into a Christian Community at 100 Years

Working For A Purpose

It was through prayer and pilgrimage that Hyeran found her calling

Hyeran Jang (1973 –)

Readiness to work wherever needed makes community life possible

Jeremy Decker (1986 –)

A pastor who discovered that true vocation is how you live, not what you do for a living

Jerry Voll (1941 –)

A graphic-designer finds a workplace where tensions can be discussed openly

Klaas van Thoor (1990 –)

The community laundress for twenty-five years, Dorothy loved nature and poetry

Dorothy Mommsen (1922–2007)

A nurse who calls many places – the United States, Nigeria, Germany, and England – home

Dorothy Bush (1964 –)

Intellectual finds fulfillment working in a factory

Stan Ehrlich (1920–2004)

Community gives the freedom to prioritize people over work

Bronwen Barron (1995 –)

One of the Bruderhof’s founding members, Else was recklessly devoted to what she called “the Cause”

Else von Hollander (1885–1932)

The work with the greatest impact may be right at home

Sheera Maendel (1991 –)

The Book

A Window into a Christian Community at 100 Years

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