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July 2020

July 05, 2020

Coronavirus Monastery

Sabbath is necessary, and this one was overdue. But the thing about sabbaths is that...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

Why I Don’t Like Open Offices

Let your employees come up with their own rhythm of creativity and productivity. And for...

April 2018

April 05, 2018

Do We Need a Theology of Sleep?

Why do we find ourselves in a world where what is vain is also what...

March 2018

March 24, 2018

Top 10 Things I Hate About Being the Poster Child for the Gig Economy

Did I mention doing taxes?

November 2017

November 10, 2017

What is Our Real Work?

What are we learning from the time when we become the impeded stream?

September 2017

September 07, 2017

Reflections of a Rookie Retiree

Here are my reflections from my first year of retirement and my conversations with many...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Sexism in workplace language, or two gals in a garage and John McCain

I am, naturally, grateful that I still have health insurance this morning. I got a...

July 06, 2017

Am I Different at Work and At Home?

As the wife and mother of British citizens and someone who has traveled frequently in...

May 2017

May 10, 2017

#ThanksforTyping

This article by Kira Schlesinger appeared a bit ago at Ministry Matters, a site dedicated...

May 08, 2017

How to Spend The End of the Workday

A friend of mine once described the "how-to-be-productive" genre of articles as "hyper-masculine, business-world *&$%"....

April 2017

April 13, 2017

The hidden sexism in workplace language

Still, even though we're no longer referring to "lady doctors" or to "poetesses" and "authoresses,"...

March 2017

March 18, 2017

What happened when a man and woman switched names at work

Over on the other blog I run I've been sharing a lot of posts about...

March 08, 2017

Millennial Women Are Burning Out

So says an article in Fast Company: Two years ago, Michelle* was a thriving real...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream

This recent New York Times article challenged some things I've been assuming: Blaming robots, though, while not...

February 18, 2017

Retail workers are people too

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

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 01, 2017

Why Women Quit Working

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

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...

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 19, 2016

Empathy and the Executive Sale

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

November 12, 2016

That Eye-On-the-Object Look: Finding Focus in a Distracted World

The world is a distracting place. Email, Facebook, open office spaces, iPhones, and insanity-inducing apps...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Have You Been Feeling Like a Black Sheep at Work?

By Kerry Creaswood We know when we aren’t like everybody. We sense it in childhood...

August 2016

August 28, 2016

Why Being Lazy is Sometimes the Best Thing for Your Business

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. Socrates said,...

August 08, 2016

Productivity: 6 Tips for Getting (The Right) Stuff Done

There might be nothing so frustrating as working for an entire day, feeling exhausted when...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Are you working for the Pharaoh?

I love the Faith and Work Collective over at Asbury Seminary's Seedbed. Yes, I'm an...

March 2016

March 06, 2016

The History and Future of the Faith and Work Movement

By Adam Joyce This year, the Oikonomia Network’s annual faculty retreat featured provocative and stimulating...

March 03, 2016

You Don’t Need More Free Time

So says the New York Times in a recent article by Cristobal Young. Do you...

February 2016

February 21, 2016

What the Image of God Means for Our Dignity and Work

By Art Lindsley The number one fear of the millennial generation is living a meaningless...

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...