Here at High Calling Blogs, we believe people serve God in their daily work. As Christians, we often struggle with what that looks like. Our current book club is examining this issue intimately as...
They tossed their backpacks and lunch bags on the floor mats before tumbling into the mini-van in a flurry of sneakers, skinned...
Philippians 4:13 (NIV) “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Central Truth: Salvation is...
The third beatitude puzzles many people in the workplace, in part because they don’t understand what it means to be meek. Many...
The great twentieth-century author J.R.R. Tolkien did not like intentional or conscious allegory. Certainly his fantastic writings do not lend themselves to...
Paul’s greeting to Philemon sets the stage for the delicate social negotiation he is about to undertake.
As you may recall, in Ephesians 4:22-24 our life in Christ is pictured as a matter of putting off the old self...
Almost all Christians remember the events of the Last Supper and reenact those events on a regular basis. Some of us call this “Communion.” Others call it the “Eucharist” or the “Lord’s Supper.”
In our society, we have so much excess that the idea of feasting is a little lost. A stroll through Costco, a dinner at Buffett King or the average Super-Size meal tells us...
You’re a Christian? Really? I had no idea. I had been taking aerobics classes with Perky Fred, an outspoken follower of Christ, for nearly two years. Evidently, while sweating my way through grapevine...
Glenda Hatchett is best known as the Emmy nominated host of Judge Hatchett, a television court show that aired from 2000-2008 and...
Transcript In the book of Micah, the people of Israel ask God what he wants from them. They wonder if he desires burnt offerings, a sacrificial lamb, or precious oil. God answers that...
Jim Collins' Good to Great metaphor has much to say to us as we discover our gifts, talents, and our day-to-day vocation. The truth is, God has created us as multifaceted creatures with interests...
By rep. 11 of a 15-rep. set of exquisite tortures devised by my half-my-age-but-twice-as-buff trainer, I was struggling. He noticed. (He always does.) My arms were beginning to wobble a little, and...
This content is part of the Ruth and Parables curriculum, an 11-week integrated sermon and small group series on faith and work...
I grew up with a traditional definition of grace as God’s unmerited favor. With time, my definition had to flip-flop and expand. What if grace were better defined as unfavored merit—as God’s... ...
I stomped one foot, then the other on the frozen sidewalk, peering down the street, hoping to see the bus. My breath fogged the air. In the canyon of Chicago high rises, here...
This case/example originally appeared in Sky & Telescope Magazine, June 2017. In it, S&T Science Editor Camille M. Carlisle describes how her faith informs her work as a science journalist. Many readers are...
FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER HE WAS SUCKED UNDER the life raft, Ryan struggled against the breaking swells, trying to make it...
I don't know why I came.
