Jesus is a publicist's nightmare. In the middle of his busy schedule (healing, teaching, and caring), with a lot of people clamoring for his attention ("and the whole town gathered at the door"),...
The annual Super Bowl seems to have devolved into a commercialized enterprise marked more by promoting provocative half-time shows and cutting-edge commercials...
Most of us have ordinary jobs. Most of us work eight or nine hours a day. My wife, with her sixteen-hour-a-day work schedule as a mom, laughs at that. And still, she has...
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live. —Samuel Taylor Coleridge All jobs involve drudgery...
“Let’s go change the world through music.”
As a kid, I loved loved loved legos. I confess that I still love them. A typical Saturday at our house will...
I was talking with my new friend Chris Cree about plans and dreams this past week when we arrived at the topic of poetry.
Singer-songwriter Brooke Campbell will tell you that her music — a mix of acoustic, folk, pop and bluegrass — catalogues the stops...
A word of warning: today’s reflection will be quite unusual in its focus. It will also be unusually long. I’ll get back to “normal” tomorrow. Now that we’ve reflected our way through Christmas...
J. Erik Fyrwald wasn't looking for a new job when the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company tapped him to...
"What you're doing isn't a good idea. You'll burn out. This is way too much—you can't handle it by yourself. You need help."Wise words, aren't they? Ancient words. Sound advice. Something we all.....
Do the things we do in this life really matter? How are we to live in light of God’s plans for the future? Second Corinthians 5 addresses questions like these, focusing on the...
As I've meditated on my own tendency toward workaholism, I've asked God to deliver me. It's not been a simple or easy...
I teach in a university. That's my workplace. My students are selected for classes by the computer. I see boys with dreadlocks and women who shave their heads. I get runway models and...
How can we live rich, full lives? How can we flourish at work and at home, at church and in the community? 2 Corinthians 8 answers these questions by drawing out implications of the Incarnation of...
Have you said goodbye to coworkers in your office who have been "let go"? Are you worried about losing your job yourself? In September 2008, after a summer of bank failures and bailouts, the...
I was supposed to start my new life today.
Can we know God intimately, personally? How is this possible? How can we have a personal relationship with God? According to Galatians 4:1-7, the answers to these questions have everything to do...
How should the Incarnation of Jesus impact our behavior in the Christian community? What does the fact that the divine Son became human tell us about how we should live? We find answers...
How is Christ present in the world today? How can you and I represent him in our daily lives? Our text from 1 Corinthians 12 answers these questions by use of an incarnational analogy. First...
