Taking Your Soul to Work

Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace

R. Paul Stevens & Alvin Ung
Instead of regarding work as an intrusion upon the spiritual life, R.
Paul Stevens and Alvin Ung view the workplace as a positive arena
for personal spiritual growth — and here they show how that can be
so in very practical ways.

Taking Your Soul to Work examines the nine deadly sins of the work-
place (“soul-sapping struggles at work”), the ninefold fruit of the
Spirit that can meet our workplace needs, and the nine positive out-
comes of integrating spirituality and work. Tapping into the wisdom
of great spiritual writers over the past two millennia and drawing on
their own experiences, Stevens and Ung discuss real-life dilemmas
and offer practical guidance for growing spiritually at work in the
twenty-first century.

Brief, engaging chapters — each rounded out with an action plan

or a case study plus suggested exercises — make this book very well
suited to small-group study.

“The authors are to be commended for producing a unique book on the

spirituality of work. It is full of deep theological insights and draws on
the time-tested resources found in the Christian spiritual tradition. At
the same time it is a practical workbook offering sensible answers to the
common pitfalls in the modern workplace.” — Simon Chan
Trinity Theological College, Singapore

R. Paul Stevens is professor emeritus of marketplace theology and spirituality at Regent

College in Vancouver and adjunct professor at Bakke Graduate University in Seattle and
at Biblical Graduate School of Theology in Singapore. As a “nonretiree,” he believes that
work is a lifelong calling.

Alvin Ung is a Fellow at Khazanah Nasional, the national investment agency of Malaysia,
where he is currently writing a book on the mindsets of breakthrough leaders.

Available November 2010

ISBN 978-0-8028-6559-5
5½˝ × 8½˝ paperback
210 pages / $14.99

www.eerdmans.com