ALL RESOURCES BY Al Hsu

Al Hsu

Author Bio:
Al Hsu is an editor at InterVarsity Press and is the author of the books Singles at the Crossroads, Grieving a Suicide, and The Suburban Christian. He also blogs at TheSuburbanChristian.blogspot.com. Al lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and two sons.

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9.13.09(Bible Reflection)

Find Work that Fits You >

My high school friends were a microcosm of school society.

5.3.09(Bible Reflection)

Redefining Attitude >

Why a "positive mental attitude" is not enough.

3.29.09(Bible Reflection)

Jesus Didn't Teach Us to Juggle >

Every week I'm torn between competing demands, and at times I fall short.

3.16.08(Bible Reflection)

Service When You're Not Serving >

How do Christians respond to being passed over for promotion?

11.18.07(Bible Reflection)

Integrity Gets the Word Out >

How often do we give thanks for someone's integrity?

7.8.07(Bible Reflection)

Build With Care >

How do we build work that lasts? How do we guard our work from self-destruction?

6.24.07(Bible Reflection)

Business as Usual? >

"Whistle while you work," the classic Disney song proclaims. But in financially uncertain times, it can be hard.

2.11.07(Bible Reflection)

The "I" in Community >

It's a cliché in business circles that there's no "I" in "team." Whenever I hear this, I want to respond, "Yes, but . . ."

1.21.07(Bible Reflection)

The Lone Ranger Is Not a Team Player >

We are not merely isolated individuals doing our own thing. We must remember, as Paul says in Romans 12:4-8, that we are members of a larger body, and we work best when we all work together.

7.9.06(Bible Reflection)

Praying Through Dark Times >

Nehemiah spent less time doing the actual work than he spent praying for and preparing for the work. Perhaps that's why the work went so well.

6.18.06(Personal Reflection)

Face-to-Face: Reflecting Love >

When I entered the conference room, one of my colleagues, Johnny, was already there. Johnny was looking at some materials belonging to another coworker, Bruce, who happened to be momentarily absent. I paused, and I wondered, Should he be looking at that?…

2.12.06(Bible Reflection)

The Last Word on Difficulty >

Life isn't easy. In our bodies, finances, jobs, health, relationships, and souls, struggle and difficulty are common to the human condition. Why such trouble? What lies behind adversity? Why do we suffer?

In the modern West, our great strides away…

3.27.05(Bible Reflection)

Is all Work a High Calling? >

Christians in the workplace often wonder if what they do has eternal value or significance. Is all work in answer to God's call? What about when work seems nonproductive or meaningless?

Let's put this in a Christian framework. God created work to…

2.13.05(Bible Reflection)

A Long Nose for Anger >

A few weeks ago my family moved, and we went online to reserve a moving truck. They were supposed to call us the day before our move to let us know where to pick up the truck. They never called.

10.24.04(Personal Reflection)

A Company? No, More Like a Kingdom >

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23
What does that mean? The original audience for that phrase is first-century slaves, though many of today's cubicled…