Thank God It's Monday with Tom Petersen - JL247

Tom Petersen 
After a brief and ill-fated start as a daily newspaper reporter, Tom C. Petersen spent decades
in the corporate world as a utility communications professional. He started out writing news

releases and employee newsletters before transitioning to writing strategic business objec-
tives and annual performance reviews. He ultimately was primarily responsible for attending

meetings and deleting emails. He left the corporate world in 2023 to focus on writing about the
intersection of faith and work, and mostly how poorly he had navigated it over the years.
He is intrigued by the challenge of living out our faith with integrity in a workplace that usually
doesn't play by those rules. He finds the conflict between the two downright funny. He hopes
his struggles serve to encourage others who try to navigate the same path. He's been gratified
to have his musings reprinted in outlets like CBN.com, The High Calling site of the Theology
of Work Project, and, most recently, WorkLight. He is the author of a new book of humorous
essays of how badly he struggles in this area: Thank God It’s Monday(?): Balancing Work and
Faith While Keeping Your Sense of Humor.
Tom is a husband, father, and native Midwesterner with two master's degrees (one of which is
still accredited).