John Kyle, Author at The Washington Institute

John has been an ordained ruling elder in the PCA since 1993. He earned a PhD in social science and business at the University of Derby in England. He serves as the Director of the Capital Fellows leadership development program at McLean Presbyterian Church and is the Executive Director of The Fellows Initiative, a network of church-based leadership and vocational development programs for recent college graduates.

Articles by John Kyle

Vocation • On Daily Work

Dealing with Disappointment at Work

John Kyle | 5 min read

Working with young adults starting their first jobs, I am often asked about disappointment at work. The expectation-reality gap of a new job can be an especially striking and confusing aspect of life in a fallen world. About 10 years ago, a company hired me to sort some of its problems. I was eager to...

Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

Embracing the Unknown: Rethinking the Job Search

John Kyle | 9 min read

Having a new job is exciting – new challenges and experiences, opportunities to work with new people, and chance to learn and grow professionally. Finding a new job, on the other hand, can seem like navigating a maze with many unexpected turns and dead ends. The ebbs and flows of the job search quickly turn...

Faith • Liturgical Reflections

Advent Meditations: Do You Hear What I Hear?

John Kyle | 4 min read

October 1962. The world was on the brink of nuclear war. The Soviet Union was stockpiling missiles in Cuba and the U.S. government responded with a military blockade. The world watched in fear as the U.S. Navy prevented a Russian freighter, loaded with armaments, from approaching Cuba. Hindered by mistrust and poor communications, John F....

Culture • Vocation • On Daily Work

Manipulable is Disposable

John Kyle | 3 min read

Genesis 1:26 gives a foundational characteristic of all people – we are made in the image of God: “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over...