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August 2016

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...

July 22, 2016

Why I Left (not the GOP, originally, although it could be that too)

I did not think there could be so much noise I would have rather had...

July 20, 2016

Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Us

This post is a contribution to the Patheos Book Club on God Unbound: Wisdom from...

July 05, 2016

Mortality and the Bleeding Soul

By Jordan Dillon I didn’t know that I thought I was invincible until the moment...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Means of Grace

You ask of us a patience and a care we fear to take, a trust...

May 24, 2016

The date that changed John Wesley, and a lot more people too: Happy #Aldersgate !

I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was...

May 21, 2016

This is your antidote to decadence: how Christ calls us all to community

Those of us with spouse, children, mortgage, and day job may admire the enthusiasm of...

May 15, 2016

Anger, Forgiveness, and Entrepreneurship

Jodi Picoult says "When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves:...

May 12, 2016

What If the Devil Isn’t in the Details?

What if if is not the devil but God who is in the details?

May 10, 2016

God’s Grace Strengthens the Unemployed

Some thoughts on unemployment and immigration.....

May 05, 2016

Dear people in suits: On what it felt like to sit in the middle of a conference center and talk about Jesus

Dear people in suits, if you only knew what we had in this room.

May 03, 2016

On The Road

The veil is always parted, if we knew But where to look, and what to...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Mindfulness and Losing My Wallet

Winston Churchill once said, "When I look back on all my worries, I remember the...

April 13, 2016

The Hope Artist

What God as an artist can create has no limitations, and remains to be seen.

April 08, 2016

Also a mother: ordination photo outtakes

A while ago I read a great book called Also a Mother: Work and Family...

April 05, 2016

When God closes a door, he opens….a blog?

In October 2013, I got a phone call from my friend Chris Armstrong about a...

March 2016

March 21, 2016

The Cross Before the Crown

By Mike Coyner During this Holy Week we need to keep things in the right...

March 09, 2016

What Successful Entrepreneurs and Successful Criminals Have in Common

By Timothy Askew; reprinted from Inc. with the kind permission of Timothy Askew. I found...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Not giving up in Lent

If it's February, it's probably Lent. And that doesn't always mean giving up something, writes...

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 13, 2016

Jesus Still Weeps

By Mike Coyner As a child in Sunday School asked to memorize and recite Bible...

February 09, 2016

Swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son shall shine: #AshWednesday

Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun, which is my sin, though it were...

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 26, 2016

VIDEO: Does God Care About the Work We Do?

Words of wisdom from Bonnie Wurzbacher about whether God cares about the work we do....

January 07, 2016

Art, theology, and faith: an interview with the editor of Image Journal

The founder and editor of Image journal talks about why it’s important for people...

January 06, 2016

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise: A hymn about God at work in the world for #Epiphany

1. Songs of thankfulness and praise, Jesus, Lord, to thee we raise, manifested by the...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

Why It Takes More than a New Year’s Resolution to Truly Change Yourself

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

December 22, 2015

What were we all worried about in 2015? Evangelism, feeling stupid at work, charity, the Pope, refugees, Kim Davis, Christmas songs, and frustrated pastors

It's that time of year again when we look back over the events of the...

December 18, 2015

Working at Rest: Make a Breathing Space For Yourself at Christmas

By Jordan Dillon I work on my day off. My mind organizes tomorrow’s tasks as...