Tag: work
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Why Tim Keller Wants You to Stay in That Job You Hate
Christianity Today: Why Tim Keller Wants You to Stay in That Job You Hate There are few better places in the world where Tim Keller could write a book about career and calling. "New York City is a place where people live in order to work," says the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan…
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Want to be Missional? Equip Those in the Workplace
The High Calling: Want to be Missional? Equip Those in the Workplace I was recently invited to teach a session of a seminary class called “Pastoral Functions” at an extension of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In this class, the pastors-in-training had been discussing such topics as Worship, Disciplemaking, Evangelism, Visitation, Funerals, Weddings, Pastoral Counseling, Children’s…
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Happiness Means Being Just Rushed Enough
Scientific American: Happiness Means Being Just Rushed Enough … However, despite this broad consensus, and its obvious health and quality-of-life implications, there seems little empirical survey evidence that daily life is truly speeding up. … … In that 1965 survey, we found 24 percent of respondents aged 18-64 said they “always” felt rushed, and 48…
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Happiness, Meaning, and a Theology of Work
The Atlantic: There's More to Life Than Being Happy This is a fascinating piece on happiness written by Emily Esfahani Smith as she reflects on the difference between happiness and a meaningful life. I've got some thoughts below but here is one powerful excerpt: … This is why some researchers are cautioning against the pursuit…
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The Work Differential Between Men and Women
New York Times – Economix: In Most Rich Countries, Women Work More Than Men "… The chart [below] shows how much more time women spend than men on unpaid work (light blue bars); how much less time women spend than men on paid work (medium blue bars); and how much time over all women spend…
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Saturday Links
Here are this week's odds and ends that didn't make it to the blog. Enjoy the leftovers! 1. MIT Technology Review says Geoengineering Could Be Essential to Reducing the Risk of Climate Change. "Using technology to cool the planet may be the only way to deal with the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, argues…
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The Eternal Significance of Everyday Work
Values and Capitalism: The Eternal Significance of Everyday Work Is God calling you to the workforce or full-time ministry? Many Christian college students preparing to graduate feel as if their entire life rests on the answer to this question. During my senior year at James Madison University, I watched plans to become doctors and business…
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How to Eat, Play, Love—And Do Other Christian Acts
Christianity Today: How to Eat, Play, Love—And Do Other Christian Acts Thirty years ago, Ben Witherington III prayed for the energy to write a commentary on every book of the New Testament. This he has done, in addition to writing several other books, including a two-volume work of New Testament theology and ethics. Now, at…
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Women, Work and Motherhood
Pew Research: Women, Work and Motherhood A Sampler of Recent Pew Research Survey Findings Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's comment this week about Ann Romney's lack of work experience has put the "mommy wars" back in the news. The Pew Research Center has done many surveys in recent years that explore public attitudes about issues related…
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“The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work” – Book Review
One of the defining features of post-industrial economies in the early Twenty-First Century is specialization and an extensive division of labor. Unlike the farmer or the artisan who could immediately observe the impact of their labor on his fellow human beings, it is now difficult for us to know where the materials that support us…