WORK AND FAMILY
God only put 24 hours in each day. Balancing work and family is not just a matter of priorities and time management. God calls us to serve him in every area of our lives. Whether we are in the office or the living room, our actions and attitudes matter.
Key Resource: Extraordinarily Ordinary >
Mother of Nineteen >
Whatever we're doing, God is there . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
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Multitasking Fast >
Lessons learned when fasting from multitasking.
Relationship With God and Each Other >
First, our relationship with God and next, our relationships with each other.
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Not What, But How >
What if we asked not "What do you do?" but "So, how do you do your job?"
The Family Table >
Our children are always watching us. We set the example.
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Li Yang, the Church in China >
In the midst of this darkness, we are experiencing God's victory.
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Do You Think I'm Insecure? >
A mom struggles with insecurity when she compares herself to others.
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How to Build an Empty Nest >
Getting ready for when your children leave the house for good . . .
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Beyond Physical Rest >
If we don't get adequate rest for our souls, we start to break down.
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The Rest of Your Life >
Learning to work well is great, but we must also learn how to stop working.
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Video Feature: Dawn, a Work-at-Home Mom >
A mother of three discovers her unexpected purpose.
Our Story >
Bonnie Gray shares a glimpse of her story.
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How to Beat Back the Cold >
Even when the world grows cold, we find true warmth close at hand.
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Managing Money Based on Biblical Principles >
My kids started a small lawn mowing business, and you would not believe the financial lessons.
Moms as Managers >
Moms are the largest group of managers in the world.
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Blessings on the Tempest >
I needed a new book. I can't fly without one.
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How to Recognize When Work Takes Control >
"Work has become my drug," David confessed a year later.
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The Cure for Workaholism? Feasting! >
I asked God to deliver me from workaholism, but it hasn't been easy.
Structure and Freedom, Order and Joy >
As we make decisions about how to approach the New Year, maybe we should start at the beginning.
New Year Resolve >
Let Jesus renew your life.
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A Land of a Thousand Pumpkins >
Sometimes I'm tempted to negotiate with God.
Handel: Messiah >
Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
Our Gift to God >
This Christmas, we too can offer our work, our family, our leisure, and our everyday lives in honor of Christ. Whatever we produce is a gift to God.
Communicating With a Teenager >
In a fourteen-year-old's world, communication can sometimes be a challenge.
Work from a Puritan Perspective >
From the November 20 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Grounds for Learning >
The Psalms tell us that "weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."
God Be in My Work >
Declare God's name holy by whatever you do well.
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Gains of Unemployment >
He was looking for stable work in unstable times, but he found God instead.
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The Family that Gets Laid Off Together >
Dennis had to move his wife and three teenage girls out of their spacious home into a 400-square-foot room.
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Miracle Dogs for a Struggling Family >
Something about reminiscing makes you gloss over all the stress and chaos that was going on at the time.
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The Rhythm of Rest >
What does Sabbath mean?
Giving Away What You Love to Get >
The people we work with are more than a resume, a desk, or a job description.
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Do Not Worry >
But these are worrisome times we are living in.
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Living a Kairos Life in a Chronos World >
We lose moments to the past, out of our reach, never to be regained.
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Wake Up and Go to Life >
My father gave his family a simple, loving treat that added a simple purpose to his day's labor.
Evelyn Husband >
The Apostle Paul tells us that suffering prepares us.
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Of Loaves and Fishes >
Times are hard.
Praying for kids >
Some of us have broken hearts over our children or grandchildren.
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Assuming Positive Intent >
The kids brought me breakfast in bed, and my husband made brunch.
Adversity >
Alone in the world at 23, that's how I felt when my mother died.
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Jesus Didn't Teach Us to Juggle >
Every week I'm torn between competing demands, and at times I fall short.
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Kids are Big Business >
I crossed the street, pushing a stroller, and grasping my three-year-old firmly by the hand.
Take a Walk >
If you want to improve your mind, take a walk.
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Wipe Your Feet >
For years, I collected bad attitudes and negativity from the work world and brought them home to my young family.
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When Work and Family Collide >
Little things make a difference.
New Year Transformation >
How do you go about taking inventory of transformation or renewal?
Silent Night (2008) >
Join the rest of the world in singing: Silent night, holy night.
Unemployment >
For millions of people these are difficult times.
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General Thanksgiving >
By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of America
A PROCLAMATION
Control Your Tongue >
Most arguments do not flare up because of words.
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Don't Separate Success and Failure >
Give thanks in all circumstances.
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I Needed My Past >
I want to run and hold my little girl and protect her from the pain and rejection of the world.
Let the Quiet Soak In >
The best move I ever made was picking my parents.
The Chief, the Cop, and the Theologian >
We're so very different—the retired Navy man, the retired cop, and the career religionist.
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Are You Fully Invested? >
Coaching kids has taught me a lot about parenting.
Depreciating Assets >
It takes more giving than getting and self-sacrifice over self-satisfaction.
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A Better Treasure >
Something happened on the way to the business mogul-dom. I got married.
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Running Red Lights on Deserted Roads >
"C'mon, Mom, you can break the law! There are no cars for miles."
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Uncovering Your Past to Discover Your Calling >
We're liable to blurt out our opinions, even if it means we're in the definite minority.
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Work-Life Balance Doesn't Exist >
My mentor laughed. "Tina, you know there's no such thing as work life balance."
A Direct Link to Our History >
This is our nation's 232nd birthday
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Conversational Parenting >
Being purposeful also helps communication immensely.
Death >
Life means something. Death gives meaning to life.
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Remodeled Homes >
A renewed home starts with renewed parents.
Retreat at Laity Lodge >
This summer we're offering a special Internet discount for three retreats at Laity Lodge.
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Blurring Work and Home Into Something Better >
My six-minute commute is simply too short (That's why I envy those lucky people who drive seven or eight hours to get to work every day. They've got it made!)
Let Jesus Work Through You >
Jesus doesn't call us to be spectators. He sends us out to be the church.
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The God Who Sees >
There is no situation He cannot discern.
Jesus the Nazarene >
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.
Work and Family >
We are all part of God's story.
Like Father, Like Son, Take 1A >
Mark Roberts' reflection made me smile.
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Us Is Bigger Than Family >
Surprisingly, the Bible has little to say about family directly.
History and the Light of Faith >
In the roots of our faith history matters too, we are people of the Book
A Father's Broken Trust >
A disturbing article.
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Curious Miracles in the Workplace >
Walking through a children's museum on a weekday was anything but routine, anything but work, anything but predictable.
Derek Fisher >
"Life, for me, outweighs the game of basketball," Fisher told reporters.
Get to Know the Repairman >
This New Year, let's reflect on restoration and have faith in the Repairman . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
Christmas >
What's Christmas all about?
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Rest Lies at the Heart of a Blessed Creation >
The thought of taking a vacation might be considered a luxurious indulgence or even a sign of personal weakness. But Scripture speaks a different language.
Scrooge's New Vision 2007 >
This Christmas, let the Child lead you . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
Rediscovering Truth in Everday Epiphanies >
A friend of mine recently stood beside his elderly father, who was about to be wheeled into the operating room for complex heart surgery.
When Christmas Went Blank >
Like Most kids Christmas was my favorite Holiday.
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Teach Your Kids to Love Work >
A lot of parents worry today about their lack of quality time with their children.
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Rediscovering Truth in the Christmas Epiphany >
I've learned that the word "Epiphany" means a showing forth, the disclosure of a situation's true meaning, a revelation or moment of insight.
Our Walk Influences Theirs >
Tina Howard, a High Calling Blogger, shares a wonderful interview about the high calling of parenting.
Christmas Is Sacred Time >
But what does that mean? How are we to experience the sacred through this celebration?
Ironic Shift >
Is there an ironic shift over the last month of the year?
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Earn the Right to Speak - Show Up >
Did I care about these kids at all? Was I just after "brownie points" with the church?
Find Your Center >
Responsibility reveals itself through selfless service.
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Forget the World >
Sometimes, the kids even went unkissed.
Give Thanks >
Give Thanks to the Lord always.
Give Thanks Amid Adversity >
Life brings hard seasons when we need not just words but courage.
The Dirty "S" Word >
Somebody said something bad. It was almost unthinkable.
Retreats Provide Renewal and Healing >
In the stress of life, we all need time to heal and be rejuvenated by our Heavenly Father.
For Jesus, Victory Followed Retreat >
After 18 years of ordinary work in an ordinary business in an ordinary town, Jesus understood the value of retreat.
Slow Down and Retreat >
I prayed with Martin Luther: ". . . if I am left to myself, I will certainly bring it all to destruction . . . "
Bedroom Politics >
"We can't have peace in the boardroom if there is chaos in the bedroom."
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Live So Others May Flourish >
Imagine you entered a concert hall where a symphony orchestra sat ready to play, but half of the members had their hands tied behind their backs.
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The Grace of Daily Obligations >
Some writers call the distractions and interruptions that crowd our best intentions the "tyranny of the urgent."
Renew Marriages by Generational Renewal >
Here's the secret of our marriage. We treat it as a generational affair.
Renew Families by Renewing Marriages >
Do you want to know how a marriage continues to get better after 58 years?
Change Society by Changing the Way You Work >
I spoke with a very bright man during our search process for the new directors of Laity Lodge. He said, "In the suburbs, you find explosive growth of these seeker churches."
Hearing the Truth >
A friend called me this morning and told me I wasn't doing enough to help my daughter in volleyball.
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Hello, My Name is Van >
I recently took a vacation with my wife and four kids. It was the longest vacation of our 13-year marriage. Indoor waterslides, wave pools, good food. And honestly, I needed the break.
To Everything There Is a Season >
As we celebrate the arrival of 2007, allow yourself a time to recollect and reconnect. As Seeger wrote, "There is a time for every purpose under heaven." Every turning can enrich the high calling of our daily work.
Have a Blessed Christmas >
A Christmas Carol for you by Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
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A Reasonable Answer to Workplace Cynicism >
A student revealed my cynical heart to me a few years ago, just as Christmas break was to begin.
Yes, Virginia >
This Christmas, if you are burdened with doubt or plagued by cynicism, take heart. Share the joy of the immortal, unseen world through faith in Jesus Christ in the high calling of our daily work.
Christmas Shepherds, Real Live Preachers, and Exuberance >
Gordon Atkinson recently published a Christmas story about the shepherds working the fields near Bethlehem.
The Gift of Christmas . . . Every Day >
It's good for kids to become taken up with the splendor and glory of a prized gift, because such hope can one day be directed toward Christ himself.
Longing for Super Presents? >
Most of us remember a Christmas when our entire life seemed to depend on receiving one never-to-be-forgotten present.
Thanksgiving >
Give thanks!
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Are You Pinned Down By Circumstances? >
In college, a ministry leader greeted me with the usual, expected, and well-worn question, "How are you?" I gave my well-worn reply . . .
Life's Tough, Give Thanks >
Sometimes work is difficult. Tensions can run high between supervisors and employees. Our work becomes hard, and our attitude becomes hardened.
Thank You >
Amidst the inconveniences, storms, and struggles of life, it's imperative to say thank you.
Whatever You Do, Give Thanks >
As the leaves turn and begin to fall, the air has a fresh crispness we have not experienced for many months, and our thoughts turn to one of the most popular holidays of the year—Thanksgiving.
I Thank God for Dorothy Parish >
Forty-eight years ago on September 9, Dorothy Parish came into the H-E-B offices in Corpus Christi to begin work as my executive assistant.
Acknowledge failure and move on? >
The juxtaposition of two recent New York Times articles fascinated me with their differences. "For 56 Years, Battling Evils of Hollywood With Prayer" tells of a convent in a seamy section of Hollywood, California. The second piece, "Winning the Battle Against Burnout," garners wisdom from a 46-year-old businessman/psychologist.
The Holy Days of Summer >
The calendar tells us we have more than four months left in the year. Emotionally, however, September, not January, marks the new year for me.
Is Every Industry Redeemable? >
In my previous post, I said, "Every industry is redeemable." That claim caused a stir. A colleague asked, "What about the porn industry?"
Drill Presses and Tax Collectors >
An article in Leadership Journal by Bill Hybels caught my attention. It illustrates that gap we have in our understanding of church and work. Specifically, we have trouble affirming work as a vocational gift.
How Ya Doin’ >
Last summer at a track meet for masters athletes, I met Rev. Bob Richards, the former Olympic pole vault champion. Throughout my childhood, his image graced the Wheaties box.
God is Communication >
All of us experience a taste of hell in our estrangements from each other. But the Word breaks our isolation, loneliness, estrangement and alienation.
Relationships and Trust >
Trust is the linchpin of all our relationships, the foundational point on which all relationships grow. It is the necessary first step to communicate a relational theology.
Aging Parents >
What does it mean? "Honor thy father and thy mother."
Dog's Death >
Marcus Goodyear likes poetry a lot. John Updike's poem "Dog's Death" helps him understand Paul's dilemma in Romans 7 and 8.
How We Treat Others >
We always have a choice about how we treat other people . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
The We of I >
Since the recent end of Guatemala's long civil war, stories have come out of the rural villages in the western mountains of this Central American nation. Most stories recount unthinkable violence leveled by the country's military against the Mayan rural…
God Gave Me Some New Resolutions >
When I taught high school English, we always started the spring semester with goals.
"Your chance for a fresh start!" I'd tell the students.
They'd all groan, but I still made them fill out index cards with three specific resolutions. To be fair,…
Negative Splitting >
Like the 'Kansas Flyer,' we can finish stronger than we start—in the high calling of our daily work.
Renewal >
Each new year makes me think about renewal. Some people will make resolutions to change their appearance or behavior. Some just take stock of what has happened in the past year. Some reorganize their goals. But we shouldn't treat our…
Christmas by Heart and From the Heart >
Ever experience the tyranny of the too-familiar? Knowing something so well that you lose the joy of experiencing it for the first time? Ever wish you could live through Christmas once again with the wonder of a small child? I had such an experience…
Christmas: Super Presents >
When I was ten years old, I rested all my hopes on receiving a Spalding Super Anzac tennis racket for Christmas. It had a slit down the throat between head and handle, which allowed the racket to whip through the air, both powerfully and deftly. I…
God's Greatest Gift >
Jesus Christ, God's greatest gift, makes all other gifts possible, including the high calling of our daily work.
Until We Meet Again >
My grandfather on my mother's side was a pious man, though you had to know him well to see it. He was a Maine farmer with little to say about God, and normally he wouldn't have liked the subject brought up. He went to church, but I never heard him…
Politicians and Diplomats >
Active listening is an important skill—in the high calling of our daily work.
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How To Pray About Your Work >
In my morning quiet time, I start by being thankful for the trustworthiness of God. Eventually, I ask for spiritual guidance...
The Most Important Ingredient >
As you give thanks this year, be joyful! Don't forget the sugar that sweetens . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
The Sailboat >
When a small leak in the roof took me into the attic, I found my son's two-foot sailboat leaning on its side. The plastic hull is red. The deck blue. The sails are white. When I bought it 20 years ago, I thought the sailboat could replicate the pleasure…
Reading People >
Some men came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
Nonconformity >
We are all made for community. But within community, the great people are driven not by public conformity but by personal character . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
Sand and Stone >
But the kindnesses we receive? Engrave them indelibly and recall them often . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
Christmas 1943: “I Wish You the Grace of Christ” >
Father Alfons Wachsmann was a Catholic priest in Berlin when Hitler gained power, and the clergyman made the mistake of allowing and even encouraging people to listen to radio programs not sanctioned by the Nazi regime. For that, Father Wachsmann was…
Now Starring in Bethlehem >
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay
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I Am to Become a Neighbor, Not Look for One >
What ever happened to neighbors? We used to know who they were—the folks next door, those we worked or studied with or ran into at the corner store. Today we may or may not know the people living near us. We may study and shop online and keep in touch…
Who is My Neighbor? Back to First Grade >
This past August in my home city in the Northeast, two Muslim men, the Imam of a local mosque and the owner of a pizza shop, were arrested and indicted for money laundering and potential terrorist involvement, based on a sting conducted by federal authorities.…
Beyond Heroes >
In the mid-'50s, when I was a Boy Scout, the Scout motto was "be prepared." I never quite knew what I was to be prepared for, but recalling the hours spent discussing water rescues—Reach, Throw, Go!—and practicing artificial respiration or first aid,…
A Boy’s Image of God >
At first, I couldn't understand the loss I felt when I heard Fred Schweg had died.
Fred was a carpenter in the small Canadian town that my family and I had visited every summer for the past 50 years. When we were children, our first destination in…
Family Matters >
Unfinished work with our parents or siblings will haunt us and continually erode other relationships if we do not give it our careful, prayerful attention.
The brothers Jacob and Esau can write in large letters and with clear, strong voices: Do your…
Prison >
Some people believe they can do it alone, but that is just not true. It won't work. Relationships are vital—in the high calling of our daily work.
Something in Common >
Recently, I led a retreat at Pecos Abbey in New Mexico with Glandion Carney. Both Glandion and I are members of the Renovaré Ministry Team, a Christian Renewal Movement that leads retreats and conferences around the USA and overseas. Some folks at…
Take Action >
An Irish proverb says, 'It is in the shelter of one another that people live.' As long as we breathe, we can mean something to someone else—it's the high calling of our daily work.
Holy Friendships >
Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle and cemented by time. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
My father once said to me, "Friends come and go, but family…
Power of Friendship >
Who knows the power and potential of your friendships—in the high calling of our daily work?
Counting Blessings in the Dark >
I ran up past the narrow wooden steps that led to her back door; my hand brushed the old railing. The door was slightly ajar, as always. I pushed a little further inside and called you-hoo—the code word that everyone in the neighborhood knew.…
State Trooper >
The relationship between Bruce and his former "rescuer" is a beautiful example of mutual respect—in the high calling of our daily work.
Resolutions >
It's the time for resolutions. And profound change is so difficult.
Eternity Cradled in Time >
Three years ago last September, my wife and I visited Israel with other members of our church in Bellingham, Washington. Those quiet, worshipful moments in Israel remain fresh in my mind—halcyon days before the country's uneasy peace began to disintegrate.
Luci…
Season of Peace >
The peace of this season is a seed planted inside us by the One whose birth we celebrate.
The Joy of an Ordinary Christmas >
Smell of hay, a newborn's cry, makeshift crib, anxious first-time parents away from family and friends—uncertain and confusing times, politically and personally. These were the ordinary circumstances for the most extraordinary event ever. In a cave…
Giving Your Family Leftovers >
Our close relationships are the heartbeat and the power in the high calling of our daily work.
Thanksgiving >
Sarah Hale couldn't vote or run for office, so she used the platform available to guide the nation to gratitude.
Pain and Trust >
The room was small, stuffy . . . crowded with stale air. Two beads of perspiration traveled in rivulets from the nape of my neck to the small of my back. To the forty women crammed into the Salvation Army shelter, I was one more do-gooder. Many of…
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Memento Mori >
Most believers worldwide embrace the Lenten season itself as a memory of death.
A Corner of the Stretcher >
In his wonderfully readable book Everybody's Normal 'Til You Get to Know Them, author John Ortberg uses the story of the Capernaum invalid to illustrate friendship.
"Jesus was the sensation in Capernaum," Ortberg writes. Amazed crowds spread…
Emerson: Grunt Work >
Getting under the load with someone nearby changes that relationship. Even the smallest amount of help will do.
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Keep Your Balance >
It is fundamental to athletics and just as fundamental to ordinary daily life.
Rest >
Behind the Sabbath, our holidays, and our vacations from the job is the notion that all work includes rest.
Hang Onto the Ship's Broken Pieces >
Cast all your worries upon Him because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
When God noticeably breaks into a person's life, it rarely happens in church. He comes most often in human experience: death of a loved one, serious…
Charles Schulz >
The people you live and work with, who care about you, are the more important part of the high calling of our daily work.
Your Influence on Your Friend Jesus >
Mary, Martha, and their brother, Lazarus, were Jesus' good friends. He visited frequently in their home and loved them all dearly (John 11:5). But did he need them?
Luke brings up Jesus' special friendships just after recounting his parable of…
Upper Crust Café >
The Upper Crust Café in Rockwall is a pure Texas gem—owned by Margie and Bill Orgain and known for fabulous bread pudding.
The Gesture >
After the terrorist attack on our country last fall, most Americans struggled with sinking spirits. I was no different. Most afternoons I sat beside my mother's bed in a nursing home as her mind sank deeper into dementia—visits that did little to improve…
Chlora's Creche >
Chlora is a character who shows up in my work as an imaginary guide into my childhood and religious background. She looks like a cross between Pippi Longstocking and Anne Frank.
Christmas >
Merry Christmas to you each and every day, as we pursue the high calling of our daily work.
Once It All Came Together >
God's creative thrust brought the world into an orderly, beautiful whole. Then something went terribly wrong on planet earth. It seems blown apart—the original wholeness and unity is asunder. When did it happen? With the invention of gun powder?…
Our Business >
There are two books my family reads together at Christmas time. One is Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales; the other is Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
I imagine most of us remember how the Dickens' tale begins. After…
Thanksgiving >
This is Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge asking you again to make this Thanksgiving a celebration of our great bounty: for God, our country, our families, and all who serve our communities through the high calling of our daily work.
Bruce McIver >
God tells us to number our days, and a friend's death helps us do that. The sum of Bruce McIver's life, the difference he made and the joy that remains, all remind me again—of the high calling of our daily work.
She Listens >
Pregnant teenage girls and preppie teenage boys, each in their own worlds trying to make sense of it all. Jean's a teacher who listens to these disparate groups with their differing tales of woe. On the outside, these struggles appear well defined.…
Grateful >
I'm grateful to live in the USA. Here, opportunities and possibilities abound. Love and support abound. Life is cherished. I confidently pray that our children and grandchildren will enjoy the same freedoms. May they be strong in spirit, strong in faith, and continue to rejoice in the high calling of our daily work.
A Song of Praises >
for the gray nudge of dawn at the window
for the chill that hangs around the bed and slips
its cold tongue under the covers
for the cat that walks over my face purring murderously
for the warmth of the hip next to mine and sweet lethargy
for…
Rainstorm >
Television tells us at least two things about rain. The Weather Channel tells us when it's coming—how it will ruin our day, wreak havoc with our schedules, cause misery in our car pools. The Movie Channel does just the opposite. Or, at least one line…
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Relationships Are Everything >
American society worships self-sufficiency, independence . . . the "self made" individual. But as Ecclesiastes attests, noble work at the expense of relationships is meaningless.
Friends >
This is Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge. Winning isn't the only measure of a true champion. Esther Kim inspires us all—in the high calling of our daily work.
Carnegie >
Grateful for the lives of men like Andrew Carnegie. Grateful for dreams, and people who make them reality. Grateful that we can be part of a body that works together. The master plan for us is to count on one another—in the high calling of our daily work.
Danny Dog >
When my oldest son was small, I arranged to give him moments of undivided attention, my time in his world, to watch or participate, as he desired. Usually a Husky puppet named Danny Dog joined our brief moments together. Danny Dog interacted with my…
Henri Nouwen >
Like Henri Nouwen, we all struggle to balance work and relationships.
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Prunes and Pink Hats >
She was young, ambitious, determined to make her mark. The only woman on the executive team at a major Christian publishing house, her job was to keep authors happy, sales staff informed, and marketing running smoothly.
Technology Head >
Urging you to form relationships that combine love with truth. Unlike the technology chief, when you give and receive candor, you'll gain relief, energy, and wisdom—the fuel you need for the high calling of our daily work.
Who’s There? >
The novelist Walker Percy stresses how unusual it is to find a truly whole person. He asks whether if you met someone on the sidewalk for the first time, greeted the person cordially, and told him you knew exactly what he must do with his life, would…
When Going the Distance Means Staying >
An hour-and-a-half drive to Dallas/Fort Worth airport. Another ninety minutes to park, reach the terminal, clear security. Those early Monday West Coast meetings were now requiring Sunday evening travel. By 3:00 p.m. on countless Sunday afternoons,…
