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February 2015

February 27, 2015

Pick your palm tree

This post comes to us from The Well. Thanks, folks! By Heather Ardrey There are...

February 26, 2015

The faith and work conversation we’re NOT having

Really good stuff in the latest issue of Comment, called "The Work of Our Hands,"...

February 21, 2015

Be careful what you wish for

This post came to us from The Well. Thanks, folks! Jen's book Teach Us to...

February 18, 2015

Does the perfect job exist? A Lenten thought

Madison Perry of the Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture has been wondering that...

February 17, 2015

The miracles of the everyday

This post is adapted from a sermon preached by TJ Tetzlaff on February 15, 2015...

February 14, 2015

Want to send your valentine a love poem about work?

We've tracked down links to a few. :-) Poems about work and money from Poets.org...

February 14, 2015

From a blog about work, you want a love poem about daily life, right?

On the Road Not on the mountaintop, but in the aisles, Not in the death,...

February 08, 2015

What are your goals for the coming year? They may be too small

By Bill Peel In 1954, a young man accepted the call to become the pastor...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

The craftsman and her environment: Work driven by an ethic of care

Here’s another post in an occasional series about blue-collar work and meaning that we’re running...

January 23, 2015

Apprenticeship to Jesus

By Drew Cleveland, originally published at the KPN Resources blog “…Consider just your job, the...

January 13, 2015

Let’s get practical: faith-at-work pointers for pastors and lay leaders

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

January 12, 2015

Pastors and lay leaders: I hate my job

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

January 11, 2015

If God really does work through our work, then what do we do about that?

We’re returning to our occasional series of posts on work and vocation (linked at the...

January 01, 2015

Best Practices for Peace in 2015: Create peace through your conflicts

This post is part of a Patheos Public Square on best practices for peace. You...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

New Year’s Eve: Eugene Peterson on Vocation

On New Years Eve, 1868, Andrew Carnegie sat alone in his room in the St....

December 16, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: What is the one thing?

By Ann Boyd Multi-tasking: there are days when I feel that I have taken that...

December 15, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: I need help

By Ann Boyd Books to read. Papers to write. Classes to prepare for. Clients to...

December 14, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: Does anyone care?

By Ann Boyd Sometimes it feels like all the responsibilities land on your shoulders: you're...

December 13, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: What about the work?

By Ann Boyd It's not even 8:00 in the morning and I'm looking at a...

December 12, 2014

Visiting with Mary and Martha: Thank you, Mary

By Ann Boyd For the past few years, I’ve been ruminating on the story of...

December 10, 2014

The heart behind “Why you hate work”

By Brian Gray Earlier this year, the New York Times helped you answer the question...

December 08, 2014

First Sunday of Advent: a poem

This poem is shared here as part of a Patheos-wide series of Advent meditations. Read...

December 04, 2014

Assembling culture

By Christ John Otto, adapted from a mailing to the Belonging House ministry in greater...

December 03, 2014

Vocation and Jobs

By Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. I’ve been through two employment crises. Three if you...

December 03, 2014

Work goes on

This is the last in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians...

December 02, 2014

Will your work last?

This is the ninth in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians...

December 01, 2014

Faith, Work, and #Ferguson: An Opportunity for Us?

By Dr. Vincent Bacote Ferguson, MO has become an emblem, mirror and prism of some...

December 01, 2014

Does this look like work to you?

This is the eighth in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians...

November 2014

November 27, 2014

Images of Thanksgiving

By Bill Droel Our image of Thanksgiving Day is influenced by famous paintings, including from...

November 22, 2014

The work of parenthood

This is the seventh in a series of ten posts featuring artwork from the Christians...