Why Your Work Matters: How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World

by Tom Nelson (Denton)

Publisher:

Brazos Press

, 2025

Overview

Americans spend a majority of their waking hours working, whether paid or unpaid. Due to rapidly advancing technology, hybrid work, shifts in the economy, and more, the working world has become an increasingly complex place to navigate.

In this newly expanded and updated version of his 2011 book, Work Matters, author and pastor Tom Nelson wrestles with the latest trends and dynamics of work, including remote work, work-life balance, technology, the meaning of Sabbath, and working for the common good.

Nelson explores the grand story of work in the Bible, revealing that all work matters in God’s economy and that Christians can love and serve their neighbors no matter what they do for their daily vocation. He helps readers discover that their work matters deeply--not just now but for eternity.

Why Your Work Matters contains 70% new material and has been updated throughout. It includes six new chapters and a new introduction.

From the Back Cover

The Extraordinary Purpose of Ordinary Work

Americans spend a majority of their waking hours working, whether paid or unpaid. Due to rapidly advancing technology, hybrid work, shifts in the economy, and more, the working world has become an increasingly complex place to navigate.

In Why Your Work Matters, Tom Nelson tells the grand theological story of our daily work, exploring recent developments in how we work, how God shapes our lives through our work, and why our work matters for eternity.

"I can only imagine the difference it would make in the church and in our world to see Christians catch and implement Nelson’s vision for their work."
--Collin Hansen, vice president of content, The Gospel Coalition; author of Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

"Though we live in a broken world, Nelson emboldens readers to work with and for God. A helpful guide for those seeking to commit their work to the Lord and honor him in their callings and career paths."
--Robin C. John, founding member and chief executive officer, Eventide

"If you judge a book by its relevance to your life and its ability to bring you closer to knowing God, then you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better book from the past five years."
--Henry Kaestner, cofounder of Faith Driven Movements, Sovereign’s Capital, and Bandwidth

"Every page echoes with words of ancient wisdom and powerful affirmation that your work matters to you and your community, that it’s a praise to God."
--Chris Brooks, senior pastor, Woodside Bible Church; host of Equipped with Chris Brooks

"Sit with these pages. You and the world will be better for it."
--Nancy Ortberg, chief executive officer, Transforming the Bay with Christ

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Contents

Contents

Introduction
Part 1: God’s Story
1. Why Work?
2. Work’s Great Tragedy
3. Work’s Gospel Transformation
4. Work’s Grand Future
5. Jesus the Carpenter
Part 2: Your Story
6. Thank God It’s Monday
7. Neighborly Love
8. Avoiding Burnout
9. The Changing Seasons of Work
10. The Changing World of Work
11. Your Monday Mission

Product Details

• Title: Why Your Work Matters: How God Uses Our Everyday Vocations to Transform Us, Our Neighbors, and the World
• Author: Tom Nelson (Denton)
• Publisher: Brazos Press
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 224
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781493449606, 9781587436475, 1587436477, 1493449605
• Resource ID: LLS:9781493449606
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T23:46:15Z

About Tom Nelson (Denton)

Tommy Nelson has served as the pastor of Denton Bible Church, located in Denton, Texas, since 1977. He is also a best-selling author (The Book of Romance, Better Love Now, A Life Well-Lived) and popular national marriage conference speaker. Nelson holds degrees in education and biblical studies and has been married to his wife Teresa for more than thirty years.