Here’s another post in an occasional series about blue-collar work and meaning that we’re running here on MISSION:WORK. (You can read the first one here.) Here a pastor and former fence-builder reflects on the differences between the two callings. By Jonathan Huddleston My first day of building fences, my boss took his workers aside during break. He gave us a few snacks and drinks, and read us two poems. One was, I think, a country song; the other he had written. They... Read more
Today, some helpful words from pharmaceutical and vaccine industry consultant Boyd Clarke, who previously talked to us about how to take criticism, on work ethic and maturity. This is part of our ongoing feature in this space of clips from a wonderful YouTube channel run by The High Calling called “60 Seconds to Significance“. It features approximately one-minute talks about work and calling, including practical tips on faith in the workplace and advice on dealing with tough questions. (Even more helpful videos... Read more
One thing I’ve learned being your humble scribe is that a lot of you want resources to pray at work. The prayers we share daily on our Facebook page, like this one, are always among the most “liked” and “shared” posts on the page. With that in mind, here are a few other websites that you may find useful in daily prayer, especially daily prayer for your workplace. Some of these sites have resources for every day of the year!... Read more
We’re going to start trying to regularly feature faith-and-work news in this space as well as continuing our more in-depth posts (book notes, interviews, commentary, live-blogging from conferences, etc.) This comes from the Tablet, a Catholic newsweekly in the UK: Survey launched to hear about faith in the workplace 26 August 2014 13:51 by Christopher Lamb A major survey hoping to garner examples of how religious faith is treated in the workplace in Britain has been launched. The Equality and Human Rights... Read more
A great talk on this was recently posted on the website of Dallas Theological Seminary, where Darrell Bock of DTS sat down to chat with Greg Forster of the Kern Family Foundation to talk about what it means to be a steward. If we all learned to serve each other, would it be a utopia? Is that, perhaps, what God’s original plan for the earth looked like? Listen to the podcast on their website or below (and, if you are... Read more
Following up on our post a couple days ago about fathers quitting work to spend time with their families, recently we ran into some interesting reflections on The Gospel Coalition’s website from Hannah Anderson for those who are wrestling with paycheck-less vocations. (Her thoughts come from her book Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God’s Image ): One day, shortly after transitioning from being an ESL instructor to being a stay-at-home mom, I was filling out one of those ubiquitous... Read more
In August of 2014, Max Scheirson, CEO of MongoDB, quit his job. Not in itself unusual, but perhaps unusual for the reasons why, as he wrote in “Why I am leaving the best job I ever had:” Earlier this summer, Matt Lauer asked Mary Barra, the CEO of GM, whether she could balance the demands of being a mom and being a CEO. The Atlantic asked similar questions of PepsiCo’s female CEO Indra Nooyi. As a male CEO, I have... Read more
Every so often, interesting things actually come in the old-fashioned postal mail. A few days ago, I got a mailing from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. I’d long known about their award-winning (and quirky) journal, The Hedgehog Review, but what I didn’t know as well until they sent me their annual report was that they had recently launched four new interesting blogs. Two in particular might be of interest to MISSION:WORK readers: The Infernal... Read more
Today, some helpful words from pharmaceutical and vaccine industry consultant Boyd Clarke on how to take criticism. ( Tweet this: If you’re not being criticized, you’re probably not pushing the envelope. http://ctt.ec/PUyd2+) This is part of our ongoing feature in this space of clips from a wonderful YouTube channel run by The High Calling called “60 Seconds to Significance“. It features approximately one-minute talks about work and calling, including practical tips on faith in the workplace and advice on dealing with tough questions.... Read more
We’ve recently added a lot of events dealing with faith, work, and vocation to the events calendar on this blog. From Kansas to New York to Massachusetts to Kentucky to Michigan to Texas to California–we’ve got you covered. There are events on bringing faith into the marketplace and the workplace, deepening your own spiritual walk to be a blessing to others, being an entrepreneur, and understanding economics from a Christian perspective. We always try to give you all the info you’ll need... Read more
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