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February 2017

February 26, 2017

Christian faith at Deutsche Telekom

...as outlined in this profile at Seedbed of Andrea Baare, a corporate chaplain: As a...

February 24, 2017

Cleaning and Cultural Prejudice: A Reflection on Good Practices and Toxic Theology #AshWednesday

By Stephen Milliken Cleaning. Everybody at some point in their lives has to clean up...

February 22, 2017

Leading From Your Authentic Abyss

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. American poet...

February 20, 2017

God’s into art, not empires

In seminary, several decades ago, I had a good friend named Christ (rhymes with "wrist")...

February 18, 2017

Retail workers are people too

A while ago, I made a commitment to always greet and thank retail workers in...

February 16, 2017

Is the utopian workplace just a ploy to keep us all at work?

Today's long read is from Aeon, and asks a provocative question about whether "tech campuses"...

February 14, 2017

Vocation and Community on #ValentinesDay

The Church, As it is The Body of Christ Small as a mustard seed and...

February 12, 2017

A Leap Into Social Entrepreneurship

...as detailed over at Seedbed by Josh Moon. I heard his presentation to The Asbury Project...

February 10, 2017

Do long hours make you less productive?

CNBC reported a bit ago that working more than 50 hours a week may not...

February 08, 2017

Why we need a new theology of work

Excellent points about work and faith made by Jonathan Malesic here recently: American workers put in...

February 07, 2017

Even Jesus Wasn’t Always Spiritual: A Theology of Boredom

If Christ’s sacrifice can cover all the sinful things we are, think, say, and do,...

February 05, 2017

Refugee ministry: Can any church do this?

Not every congregation can do ministry with refugees. But every church can show up in...

February 03, 2017

The Workplace Culture Flying Nannies Won’t Fix

More thoughts on the work of women in particular today. This article from the New...

February 01, 2017

Why Women Quit Working

Lots to ponder here about the role of caregiving in our society as well as...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Can your work bring you closer to God?

The United Methodist Church says yes here: Large portions of our lives are spent at...

January 24, 2017

What Exactly is a Fair Wage?

Kevin Kinghorn has some thoughts about this over at Seedbed: The packages of Traidcraft coffee...

January 21, 2017

Resisting the Tyranny of Algorithms in the New Year

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Thirteenth century...

January 17, 2017

Business Travel: When to Bring the Kids and When to Leave Them Home

A little while ago, my faith-and-work-movement colleague Jeff Haanen of the Denver Institute published a...

January 10, 2017

Paul Behaving Badly: Of Paradoxes, Jerks, Infallible Scriptures, and Grace

This post is a participation in a Patheos Book Club on the book Paul Behaving Badly....

January 08, 2017

Why time management is killing us

This is the most life-changing thing I've read in the past bit. Instead of TL:DR...

January 03, 2017

Taking a detour off the career path to live Jesuit values

A bit late to the party with noticing this (file that under "need better work-life...

December 2016

December 10, 2016

Why You Need to Stop Doing Your Work in Bed

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. There was...

December 01, 2016

Do All People (Even Shut-Ins) Have a Calling to Work?

By Kevin Kinghorn I’ve heard that phrase thrown around a lot: that “all people have...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

The Gift of Not Knowing

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Voltaire once...

November 26, 2016

On work-life balance and not going to the Asbury Project

  Some of you may remember how for the last two years I've spent some...

November 22, 2016

Gratitude: An Elixir for a Time of Sadness

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Willie Nelson once...

November 19, 2016

Empathy and the Executive Sale

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Empathy.  Webster's...

November 17, 2016

There’s work to do; or, An open letter to my children

Some may shake their heads in disapproval or approval of the election results, but the...

November 14, 2016

Why the #election is a faith and work crisis

I've told the story before how a chance phone call from Chris Armstrong in late...

November 12, 2016

Post #Election: A Time to Listen

By David Spickard After hearing the news this Wednesday morning, I knew we had to...

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