EOF : Tom , thank you so much for coming and spending time and talking with us today . How are you doing ?

NELSON : I ’ m doing great , Michael . Thank you , It ’ s a delight to be with you .

So , we ’ re talking about your book , Work Matters . You start with an explanation on how we ’ re made in the image of God and of course , that ’ s a God who works . So could you elaborate a little bit on that idea to the reader ?

One of the things that is surprising , I guess , but also wonderfully joyful is that God introduces himself as a worker , as you said . I mean when you think about how the Bible starts , God could have introduced himself in that special revelation in almost any way , right ? God has a lot to reveal about himself , but he chooses right at the opening verses of Genesis to describe himself as a worker , in being God created the heavens and the earth . He presents Himself as a working God , which is really amaz-