A Monday roundup of great articles that are worth your time to read, ponder, share, or even argue with. This week’s list:
- Gratitude Pie @ Work. What do we have at work that we can express gratitude for, John Pletcher asks?
- In Pursuit of Excellence. Constantine Campbell recommends some books on how to be excellent–and what being excellent means. (Part of a whole series on the theology of achievement.)
- Want a Job? Follow the Market. Mike Rowe’s famous Facebook “rant” about (not) doing what you love, in case you missed it the first time around.
- Christians Ought to Occupy Wall Street: An oldie but goodie from Jordan Ballor, which came to our attention via commentary on another interesting article, The Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street: “When you start your career you might think you are setting out to change the world, but the world is far more likely to change you.”
- Faith, Art, and Vocation: An Interview With Nate Risdon. The church’s mixed track record on encouraging faithful artists to explore their art.
- The Poor Are Not Middle Class: Are there “hidden rules” of class? And what do they have to do with the fight against poverty?
- Give Us This Day Our Daily Brew: Why is the church so tied to the starting of coffeeshops?
- Letter to My Younger Self: Richard Eck, 80-year-old retired rubber company entrepreneur, on the three crucial things we all need to succeed in life.
- Ten Easy Pieces: If you love Nathan Roberts on The High Calling, here’s his entertaining roundup of everything he wrote on his 2014 “summer vacation.”
- Evangelism is Not Working–Why? Mark Greene wonders if the Great Commission is getting hung up at the workplace door.
Image: “Extra, Extra (The Paper Boy),” John George Brown. Courtesy of the Grohmann Museum at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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