As a Christian, I see my relationship to work as a response to the reality that I am a creature in a created world and that I am, so to speak, a co-creator in a process of healing, of making whole, of changing, and of transforming toward more positive forms of the respective object. The difficulty of conceptualizing this in today’s society comes from the fact that we are used to asking: What’s in it for me? Behind this question is usually a strongly commercial-capitalist orientation: Can I buy something with it? For us, money has become the ultimate weapon against the difficulties of life.

A contemporary painter describes how he balances his artistry with earning a living and parenting.