Every year, Gallup runs studies on job satisfaction — and every year, the results are worse. People feel stuck, unfulfilled, and disconnected from any deeper purpose in their work. But what if the problem isn't the job? What if it's the paradigm?

In this episode of FaithWorks Lancaster: Conversations on Calling, we sit down with Pastor John Pletcher — lead pastor of Manor Church in Lancaster, PA, author of Henry's Glory, and a longtime voice in the faith and work movement — to talk about what it actually looks like to find lasting significance in your daily work.

John shares the personal story that sparked his passion for this topic: a father who loved Jesus deeply and was gifted at working on cars, but who could never see those two things as connected. That painful compartmentalization — what John calls "pie life" — is at the heart of why so many believers feel a nagging sense that their work doesn't really matter.

We dig into the Hebrew roots of the word for "work" in Genesis, what it means that Jesus spent 30 years as a tektone before his public ministry, the difference between satisfaction (something you seek) and significance (something you uncover), and why Eugene Peterson called the workplace "the primary realm for spiritual formation."

Whether you're turning wrenches, teaching students, or managing spreadsheets — this conversation is for you.

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What got two guys who think way too much about faith and work to actually start a podcast about it? In Episode 2, Josh and Eric pull back the curtain on their own journeys — how they got here, why they care, and what they're still figuring out.Josh shares how his path through pastoral ministry, a "gas station sabbatical," and landing in educational technology at Lancaster Bible College shaped the way he sees his work as an act of creation — "bringing order out of the chaos." Eric traces his own journey from Dorothy Sayers and Tim Challies to Matt Perman, and how stepping into leadership made faith and work integration feel urgent and personal. Together, they dig into the Sunday-to-Monday gap, what it really means to work as image bearers, and why "doing the right things" is only half the equation — the how matters just as much as the what.--Subscribe for weekly episodes on leadership, purpose, and professional growth.Join the Community: faithworkslanc.orgFollow on Socials: @faithworksLanc ​

Is your work just a means to an end, or is it something more? Most people spend 40+ hours a week waiting for the weekend, feeling like their professional labor has no connection to their deeper purpose. It’s time to close that gap.In this inaugural episode of FaithWorks, we go beyond the surface level of "career advice" to explore the theology and philosophy of work. We tackle the "sacred-secular divide" that leaves so many professionals feeling unfulfilled and explain why the work you do with your hands and mind is a vital form of worship to God--

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