I was fourteen when my brother taught me to play chess, and I couldn’t get enough of it. For hours on summer afternoons, I played in the shade of our backyard maple tree...
What does Holy Week have to do with our wired lives? Where can our 24/7 lives intersect with the slow, significant events...
I was seventeen when I entered the workforce in what was likely the most unglamorous job possible—gas station attendant. The reasons why I ended up at the local BP are many and not...
In Romans 9–11, Paul returns to the immediate problem the letter is meant to address—the conflict between Jewish and Gentile Christians. Since...
Every Christmas Eve throughout childhood until I left home, my family clicked through the same ritual. Timing our departure so he could...
A friend leaned over the table at Starbucks yesterday morning during a pre-work chat and confided, "You really don’t want to know...
Cardinal Bernadin of Chicago died of cancer in 1996. A few years earlier, a man accused the Cardinal of a crime he did not commit. The charge was on CNN before Bernadin heard...
My friend Don heard two men discussing Father Mychal Judge, the New York Fire Department chaplain who died in the World Trade Center collapse. One man said, “Wrong place, wrong time!” Don jumped...
“Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware, like a trap.” Luke 21:34 The bulk...
The purpose of a business is to make money. It is the profits, after all, that provide jobs for employees and returns for shareholders.
We all know people whose lives exude character. The way they work in the marketplace seems to have integrity or consistency with...
As you pray today, the Lord hears your voice.
Texas Nameplate was founded in 1946 and nearly 50 years later it was in deep trouble with its largest customers. Dale Crownover had taken the position of President and soon was hit with...
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Tim Willard, co-author (with Jason Locy) of a new book called Veneer: Living Deeply...
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When you grow up as the child of a pastor, there’s a certain expectation you will either become wild and wicked, landing yourself on the church prayer list every week, or you will...
This sermon puts the biblical imperative to rest into context for blue collar workers.
Will Messenger is an Episcopal Priest in Boston with an MBA in marketing from Harvard Business School...
Service industry jobs, like being a hairstylist, housecleaner, or nurse’s aide, are often called “pink-collar” work. Frequently (though not always) done by...
Can a company in today’s cutthroat world actually run on biblical principles – and prosper? Can an organization be guided by faith...
