David Kim
David Kim
David Kim is a violinist born in Carbondale, Illinois and was the only American to win a prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1986, where he got sixth prize. Since 1999, he has been the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Kim is an active musician, performing with orchestras in Dallas, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Korea, and Moscow...
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth24 May 1963
expectations assumption
All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work.
believe home loss
There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.
thinking quality
If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.
grateful technology people
If there's an Internet signal, people will always have access to God's Word and for that I'm profoundly grateful for the technology and people who've made this access to life-giving words possible.
purpose assumption
We were created for a purpose and when our underlying assumptions don't reflect this deeper purpose, we begin to whither as human beings.
Faith is an indispensable part of work, whether that work is paid or unpaid.
attitude people integrating
The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.
people scripture
The Bible reminds people that the whole of Scriptures addresses the whole of our lives, including our work. We need to be reminded of this every time we open the Bible, so that we experience the hope and power of the gospel in our work every day.
people reason various
For various reasons, when people engage the Bible, they don't see very readily how it relates to their work.
people vision scripture
People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.
encouragement people purpose
When the gospel enters our work in a robust way, there's a deep encouragement and renewed sense of purpose that people begin to experience sometimes for the first time.
profound
If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our sense of calling and the meaning behind the work that we do day-in and day-out.
soul dying
We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying of our souls.
purpose kind
On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.