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Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles
2025 Annual Faith + Work Conference Round-Up

Our 2025 Faith + Work Conference: Rethinking Work gathered believers across vocations for a powerful day of learning and connection around God’s redemptive vision for business.

2025 Annual Faith + Work Conference Round-Up
Theology
Steven Lindsey
Los Angeles Fires Response and Prayer

Here, we share a response and prayer for those impacted by the devastating fires in Los Angeles. Join us in lifting up the first responders, those who have suffered loss, and the community as they navigate this challenging time, praying that God’s grace and provision will be evident in the midst of darkness.

Los Angeles Fires Response and Prayer
Theology
Robert Covolo
The Power of Hope: Advent at Work

Advent is the season leading up to the birth of Christ. During this season Christians are called to enter a posture of hopeful anticipation as they re-enter the long-expected arrival of the Messiah. This is a season of hope—a season where we experience the power of anticipation. But Advent is not unique to the Christmas season. And hope is not merely a driver for religious people. The truth is, we are all narrative creatures living with desired outcomes (“hopes”) and, whether we see it or not, these hopes are the engines that drive our lives. 

Continue reading as Robert Covolo illustrates why we should reflect on the power of hope this Advent season.

The Power of Hope: Advent at Work
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Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles
Year-End Giving Campaign: God is at Work

This year’s Year-End Giving Campaign highlights stories from CFWLA participants who have experienced profound transformation through our programming. These stories reveal how their vision of work, relationship with God, and outlook on life have been renewed.

We invited participants to reflect on their journey and share how they see God at work—both in their workplaces and in the larger story He’s writing in the world. Each week we will be adding a new testimony.

Year-End Giving Campaign: God is at Work
Theology
Robert Covolo
A Prayer for Public Servants

Here, Robert shares a prayer from our recent Reimagining Work event. Join us in prayer over our public servants and the important work they do for the flourishing of our communities.

A Prayer for Public Servants

Connecting ‘The Doctrine of Creation’ & Work

Connecting ‘The Doctrine of Creation’ & Work

One of the most fundamental and sweeping claims of the Christian faith is found in the very first words of the Bible: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” It is not hard to see that this claim involving God and everything else is far reaching.

Less obvious is how this sweeping claim relates to something as mundane as work. Thankfully, help has arrived. Bruce Ashford and Craig Bartholomew’s recently released volume, The Doctrine of Creation, is a fresh, in-depth exploration that shows the rich connections between a God who made everything and our everyday work.

Robert Covolo & Iris Gonzales Join Team CFWLA

Robert Covolo & Iris Gonzales Join Team CFWLA

The Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles is delighted to welcome Robert Covolo and Iris Gonzales (BlanchePon) to the team. Robert will be serving as our new Director of Vocational Discipleship and Iris as our new Administrative Assistant. Below are a few questions we asked them both to allow you to get to know each better as they step into these new roles at CFWLA.

Embracing a Posture of Gentleness in the Workplace

Embracing a Posture of Gentleness in the Workplace

Lately, I’ve experienced an especially busy and stressful season at work and at home. After 18 difficult months, I’ve noticed that on top of the physical and emotional exhaustion, I am—as I’m sure many others are as well—making more mistakes, more forgetful, and finding myself increasingly challenged to stay mindful of all the good God has given amidst these hard times.

Continuing to heal and move forward toward a “new normal” begs for grace at home, at church, and at work. The posture in Scripture that Jesus displayed in the face of heavy burdens and trouble is surprisingly that of gentleness.

City Partner Month - A Q&A with Jerome Fogel

City Partner Month - A Q&A with Jerome Fogel

June is City Partner Month here at the Center for Faith + Work Los Angeles, a time when we have the chance to pause and celebrate the individuals who help make our mission a reality year-round. Recently the team at CFWLA sat down for a conversation with City Partner, Jerome Fogel, the co-founder of Fogel & Potamianos LLP.

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Faith + Work LA Podcast—Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Matthew Kaemingk & Cory B. Wilson

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Faith + Work LA Podcast—Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Matthew Kaemingk & Cory B. Wilson

As a follow-up to his three-part blog series, Robert Covolo sits down for a conversation with Matthew Kaemingk & Cory B. Wilson, authors of the new book Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy. In this episode, they discuss how and why the book came together, the intersection of work + worship, what we can learn from the Old Testament and the early church on the relationship between work + worship, and how to best respond in our lives today.

Remembering MLK’s Call to Affirm the Dignity of All Work

Remembering MLK’s Call to Affirm the Dignity of All Work

On this day each year, we especially remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on our nation and world. This year, we highlight an excerpt of King’s memorable All Labor Has Dignity speech given to Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee on March 18, 1968—two weeks before his assassination.