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April 2025

April 17, 2025

I’m Still Here

Back with your regularly scheduled faith and work snark, theology, poetry, and Tolkien content shortly.

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...

January 2019

January 15, 2019

New Year, New Me? Rest and Burnout

I made two New Years' resolutions this year: to start blogging here again, and to...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

Thoughts About Being Sick

Something else to think about while you're in bed: is it you, or is it...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Why Napping at Work Might Be a Good Idea

I work from home, so unless I'm on a conference call, I can take 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...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Meditation, Dentistry, and the Entrepreneur

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

April 20, 2017

How to Deal With Distractions When You Have to Work Online

I found these tips from Lifehacker pretty helpful, since all of my jobs except for...

April 10, 2017

The 29 Best Jobs for Work-Life Balance

...assuming you believe in that concept at all. (Fodder for another post, as I'm off...

March 2017

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 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 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...

January 2017

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...

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 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...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

Why the Path to Business Success Should Include a Nice Nap

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

March 2016

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...

December 2015

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...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Overwork Can Kill You–Literally

By Bill Peel The accident occurred at 11:04 a.m. according to the police report. A...

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 18, 2015

Amazon: Niche or Norm? –A Question of Valuing Human Complexity

By Stephen Milliken Headlining a look into Amazon’s work environment, The New York Times’ recent...

August 15, 2015

“What are you gonna DO?” A new way to look at retirement

By Mike Coyner [Originally addressed to Methodists in Indiana, but just as helpful for the...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

From the archives: Work-life balance and working moms

Is achieving work-life balance possible? If so, how?

December 22, 2014

WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Doing What You Love, What Scares You, and What Brings You Peace

A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share,...

September 2014

September 25, 2014

Made for more

In August of 2014, Max Scheirson, CEO of MongoDB, quit his job. Not in itself...