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November 2014

November 25, 2014

Thank You For This Crummy Job

Over at The High Calling, David Rupert thanks God for his crummy job: I sense that...

November 10, 2014

Your Labor is a Work of Art

Over at The High Calling, Randy Kilgore points that our work for God is, in some...

November 04, 2014

Labor in the Dark

I really enjoyed this reflection from Howard Butt Jr., posted at The High Calling, about Toscanini...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Your Work Is Not as Important as You Want It To Be

At The High Calling, Marcus Goodyear reviews Called, the new book by Fuller Seminary president Mark Labberton....

October 14, 2014

The Habit of Dinner

At The High Calling, Kimberlee Conway Ireton wrote about the habit of dinner-making - and the...

October 06, 2014

Vocational Liturgies

Over at The High Calling, James K.A. Smith explores what it might mean to develop rituals...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Learning to Love Your Job

Over at The High Calling today, Bob Smietana writes about learning to love your job, in...

September 26, 2014

Anthology: the Power of Words

Over at The High Calling, Alia Joy has a lovely meditation on the power of words...

September 18, 2014

The Evaluation: Five Kinds of Supervisor Performance Reviews

Nobody likes being evaluated at work (or at least, I don't). But it can be...

September 11, 2014

The Power of Storytelling

There's a lot of talk in the business world about how important it is to...

September 03, 2014

A Letter to My Younger Self: Three Crucial Needs in Your Life

Over at The High Calling, they've been running a series of "letters to my younger...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

Your Work Matters, Even When It Feels Like It Doesn’t

A welcome reminder from The High Calling for this Monday: your work matters (even when...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Internet Writers: Beware

I publish almost exclusively on the Internet, and I've grown to like it: it's easier...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Rethinking Scarcity

I love this: Sarah Bessey writes at The High Calling about rethinking scarcity and living...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

When Your Dream Gets Put on Hold

Over at The High Calling, Charity Singleton Craig writes about what we can learn from...

May 13, 2014

Endurance Makes Us Stronger

Over at The High Calling, they're doing a series on thriving through stress, and John...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Contemplating the Passion

Over at The High Calling, Gordon Atkinson provides some help for those who are looking...

April 14, 2014

A Week of Holy

For Western Christians (even those from not-very-liturgical traditions), this week is Holy Week, in which...

April 09, 2014

Moving Beyond Mediocrity: It’s Hard Work!

I've reflected a bit lately on how we often assume that if something is difficult,...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

The First Baseball

I spent a couple hours this weekend first compiling and then keeping an eye on...

March 28, 2014

Sports for the Glory of God

March Madness is upon us, and with it, all things basketball are important once again....

March 25, 2014

Running as Therapy

I started running about a year and a half ago, more or less seriously (with...

March 20, 2014

Productivity Tips – from the SAT

Two weeks ago, the news broke that the College Board is changing the SAT, the...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Beauty and Wonder at Work

Over at The High Calling, they're having a discussion about beauty and wonder in the...

February 17, 2014

The Missing Ingredient At Work

This feels timely, for a Monday. Over at The High Calling, Leslie Leyland Fields reflects...

February 14, 2014

Will You Pray For My Success?

Over at The High Calling, Jen Sandbuite asks a provocative question: why is it considered...

February 07, 2014

Practical Ideas for Church Leaders Encouraging Vocational Faithfulness

There's a lot of talk about vocation these days. The church is waking up to...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Transitions, In Life – and Writing

Over at The High Calling, Karen Swallow Prior writes about transitions - in life, and in writing:...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

The Danger in Securing Our Futures

Over at The High Calling, they're talking about "the danger of securing our futures": Chasing...

December 03, 2013

Abundance: A High Calling?

Over at The High Calling, Charity Craig looks at the high calling of abundance: “You’re...