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June 2016

June 16, 2016

The good, the bad, and the Amway: a second post from #AU2016

I've now been through the opening banquet and one full day of Acton University, and...

June 07, 2016

Jesus Reads My Email

By Mike Coyner Recently I was involved in a conversation about how people use e-mail...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

What is a Good Job in the Gig Economy?

The old bargain between labor and capital has, for all intents and purposes, been called...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

My White Privilege

By David Spickard As I normally do on work trips, I packed my running clothes...

February 11, 2016

7 Prayer Habits of Highly Effective People

We asked 15 business people leading Kingdom-building companies around the world what prayer habits, practices...

February 04, 2016

It’s time to honor the hard work of raising children

The church should be at the vanguard of a much-needed revolution in caretaking and the...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Why Poor People Stay Poor

An article was published recently in Slate about this; it's an excerpt from Hand to...

January 23, 2016

Praise God for the ministry of people who drive snowplows! #WinterStormJonas

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord: * praise him, and magnify...

December 2015

December 15, 2015

Paralyzed by Grace? What We Can Learn From Monastic Discipline

Adapted from Grateful to the Dead. We wonder today why we are spiritually anemic....

December 02, 2015

VIDEO: How Faithful Churches Create Flourishing Communities

Here's an inspiring talk on a vision for churches and their communities delivered by Charlie...

November 2015

November 22, 2015

The feast of Christ the King (or, did Gandalf put on the Ring?)

Originally published at Ithilien in 2004. This is the day when Episcopalians and Methodists celebrate...

November 18, 2015

What do you do when your idealism crumbles?

‘ "Once you come to know the world -- truly come to know the world...

November 16, 2015

Praying for Paris and More

By Mike Coyner The terrible events of this past weekend in Paris remind us to...

November 13, 2015

Is overwork killing you?

The Harvard Business Review thinks it might be. The truly talented, we are told, flee...

October 2015

October 08, 2015

Ron Reed: I’m a Christian, but I don’t do Christian theater

The founder of Pacific Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, talks about leadership, the arts and...

October 05, 2015

Pittsburgh pastors seeking the common good

By Terry Timm This spring I began serving as one of the Pittsburgh regional coordinators...

October 03, 2015

Why God Loves Business

As Creator, God could have placed Adam and Eve in the midst of a highly...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

The Real Problem With the “Christian Right”

Originally published at Ithilien in 2006. The catchphrase on the Left these days (and among...

September 17, 2015

Can anything good come out of #Ferguson?

By David Spickard, originally published in March 2015. Jerome Jenkins is a business owner. It’s...

September 12, 2015

Oliver Lee Bateman, QuitLit, and the Higher Education “Staypieces” We Really Need

By Noah Toly In a by-now-more-or-less-viral post to Vox yesterday, Oliver Lee Bateman (posting under...

September 11, 2015

A moment of silence for 9/11

I found this picture and thought you all might like to see it today. "Eternal...

September 08, 2015

“Emmanuel labor”

By Mike Coyner Yesterday was the American holiday we call "Labor Day," which many of...

September 08, 2015

Kim Davis and the ethics of workplace resistance

I hadn't planned to write a formal blog post about Kim Davis. I've gotten involved...

September 02, 2015

Sharing stories of failure can give people the power to succeed

Honest conversations about failure help people realize that they are not alone in their struggles,...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

The Expendable Worker: Looking for Hope in the On-Demand Economy

“Low, low prices.” With that motto, a generation ago Walmart took over the world of...

August 16, 2015

Meet Dale: A Tale of Perseverance and Love

This post is reprinted from Marion Be The Change, a community development and advocacy organization...

August 14, 2015

Putting charity out of business

OK, I seriously never thought about comparing charity and philanthropy from a theological perspective before...

August 14, 2015

Cocooning is Hazardous to Your Spiritual Health

By Bill Peel The term “cocooning” was coined by trend forecaster Faith Popcorn to describe...

August 06, 2015

The ideal church member

MEET SCOTTY Scotty is every pastor’s dream of an ideal church member. A mechanic, Scotty...

August 05, 2015

Running away from our shadow: racism in America

By Mike Coyner Last week while visiting my daughter and family for the birth of...