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In 2012 and 2013, I helped to lead a “Vocation Infusion Learning Community” composed of church leaders from 15 congregations nationwide. Our...
It is easy for a pastor to get “tunnel vision.” That tunnel vision comes from a semi-isolation factor inherent from the nature of the job. For years I had preached about holding out...
I remember the brilliant light igniting the eerie black mornings, the sun still fast asleep in the hay. The chocolate letters jumped...
"Would you like some help with that," he asked? ...
My friend sat across from me, twisting her hands in her lap. Our small group, made up of couples from our church, sat around us, discussing the heavy topic of living our lives...
Many of us tend to forget that Jesus spent a great deal of time in a carpenter shop.
"Work may be hard and by the sweat of our brow (Genesis 3:19). But rightly framed, our work can also be a form of worship, a way of honoring God and serving our...
Being direct and transparent is often the best managerial technique. It's also, in my mind, consistent with the remit that we have...
God created work as an integral part of the human experience. He sees the work we do as inherently valuable.
No one would call legendary Dallas Cowboys Coach Tom Landry a vain man. Yet he was one of the most successful coaches in any sport. His teams won two Super Bowls and played...
Is work a high calling? Andy said,“Yeah, if you’re Bill Gates or Bono. If you have millions of dollars to fight disease or feed the hungry.” From Andy’s perspective, work was work. Period......
Scott Killen, a Charleston, South Carolina native, generates 70% of his yearly income between January and April.
We all know Ms. Smith. As usual, she ignored the fact that I was waiting on someone else.
I think of myself not so much as a landscaper, with its nuance of design and control, as one who labors to keep a kind of wild order.
Recently my 7-year old son and I attended a special presentation of Buck at our local theatre. Buck is an award-winning documentary...
I paint for the same reason I breathe.
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I wanted to tell a different story than the one I’d read by hundreds of writers before me.
One of my joys is connecting volunteers to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Transcript Bob was a quite a Christian. Sundays anyway. On Sundays, Bob led the junior high class. He was a deacon. People admired his zeal. Yes sir, come Sundays, the church could count...
