Parenting is tough. (Is that the understatement of the decade, or what?) ...
Since it began 35 years ago, Harvard University's legendary course on Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis...
Kay Cole James was Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management when the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks...
I'll never forget the very first time I drove a motorized vehicle. My friend's dad had just bought a motorcycle for riding off-road. It wasn't anything particularly powerful. As I recall, it was a...
What is the purpose of Christian ministry? What is the purpose of your ministry as one of Christ's ministers? ...
We are part of the Church at work in the lives of Christians on a daily basis. Together we share our stories...
Ezekiel's theology of work would be incomplete if not placed in the full context of future restoration alluded to throughout the book...
For years I served as a teaching pastor at my church, but then left the pastoral team to pursue a calling outside the institutional church.
We hold on to work we aren't qualified to do for all kinds of reasons—pride, fear of appearing weak, denial—but it takes patience to find the work we are truly gifted at.
C. S. Lewis once advised his godchild, Lucy Barfield, about life. "Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1) Things we ought to do; (2) Things we've got to do; ...
If you've been reading these Daily Reflections for a while, you may recall that in September we spent several days reflecting on Paul's exhortation to "Make every effort to keep the unity of the...
In 1967, a turbulent era not unlike our own, the late Northrop Frye was a biblical and literary scholar. He also was an ordained clergyman in the United Church of Canada, and he made this...
Know any people in your life you can count on just to be there? You never have to check their availability. Paul had a friend like that. “Luke alone is with me” (...
Mark 2:1-12 paints a powerful picture of how you and I can care for the people in our lives who are suffering...
Those who believe that Christ makes all things new are contributors of hope.
It’s getting close to that time of year when you have to sit in your boss’s office and he or she rates...
Every mischievous kid knows that freshly poured concrete is an opportunity to leave a mark.
Transcript Laura had one of “those" jobs: a workplace hostile to her faith. She had a boss who called Christians phonies. And coworkers who delighted in creating opportunities for her to turn the...
Amid the various concluding exhortations in Hebrews 13, two have a special relevance for work. Let us begin with Hebrews 13:2 where it says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for...
A few years ago a literary agent turned me down after he read my query letter and a couple chapters of my...
