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...
The CEO of a large, financial services company announced his early resignation without fanfare or explanation. He would retire three years earlier than he had previously committed. Reactions were...
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Are you living out your callings in your different roles in life?
I watched a middle-age lady kneel on the floor in front of a long velvet skirt, her mouth bristling with pins. She was impeccably dressed in a blue St. John's knit suit, a...
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, Lord--even in sales jobs and when dealing with difficult people.
We say we believe that every part of our lives belongs to God, but do we really? Mark Greene looks at Christians’ work lives and asks, How come we spend more time singing...
The notion of "work-life" balance that first entered America’s public conversation about 20 years ago is by now a bona fide social movement.
Jesus invites us to acknowledge the presence and power of God's kingdom. He urges us to think and live in a new key. But the center of his invitation is essentially personal: Come...
The last half of the twentieth century marked a shift in the way people think about leadership. Prior to the 1980s, leadership...
Circumcision was a common practice among people in the Ancient Near East, often as a rite of passage for young men in...
This is the first week in Advent, a season in the Christian year when we prepare to celebrate the coming of Christ...
Simple pencil sketches became charcoal drawings. From charcoal, the media evolved to pastels. But watercolor emerged as her true love. While juggling time with her kids, full-time work, widowhood,...
Ironically, Ezra himself does not appear in the book bearing his name until chapter 7.