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April 2014

April 10, 2014

Talented but unemployed? God may be calling you to grubby, unglamorous work

The Creator made us in his image to be creative, and any kind of creative...

April 07, 2014

What you do when work fails to fulfill

Would I have enjoyed whatever I would have ended up doing 300 years ago? Perhaps....

April 04, 2014

The lasting and creative consequences of daily work

God so arranges that civilization grows out of the same effort that develops the soul.

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Meaningless jobs?

In what ways have you seen others bring meaning to a “meaningless job?” In what...

March 23, 2014

We only wanted a youthworker….

Where once retailers were strangers, they are now a united group, proudly sharing photographs of...

March 07, 2014

Abraham and Sarah’s hospitality

How could we do more to encourage each other to be generous in hospitality, no...

March 05, 2014

“God does own this business”

"I pray for wisdom on a daily basis. I’m not smart enough to run this...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Made to make

Why do we all have "coursing through our veins, the desire to make something from...

February 17, 2014

A tale of two hats

God has been at work in his people, in his church, in this land. And,...

January 2014

January 25, 2014

Workplace ethics: reconciling faith with work realities

"No matter where you work, and regardless of what you believe, you also likely have...

January 23, 2014

Pay equity: one company’s story

In 1981, when Ken Melrose was appointed CEO, Toro was on the verge of bankruptcy....

December 2013

December 22, 2013

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Newspaper Reporters. Let ‘Em Be Actuaries and Optometrists and Such.

What’s the deal with actuaries? Whenever a new list of the best jobs is compiled—like...