Is work a high calling? Andy said,“Yeah, if you’re Bill Gates or Bono. If you have millions of dollars to fight disease or feed the hungry.” From Andy’s perspective, work was work....
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Jun 27, 2012
Yes, I mean hair cutter. I don’t go to a place with hairstylists. Even hair dresser is too stylish a word for the shop I go to, on the rare occasions I actually get my hair cut. I let it go for a whole year while my...
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Jan 18, 2012
So what is a high calling anyway? Do we find it only near the baptismal font or on the missionary field? We know better. Our calling is right here, where we are. Do we see it, though? Jennifer Dukes Lee, contributing...
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May 27, 2011
Tim McGuire was editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. When he retired, he overheard someone trying to explain what he intended to do next.
A friend said, “Tim’s going to write about spirituality and work....
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Aug 15, 2010
Can you imagine a pro athlete who would knowingly disqualify himself from a full year of competition? I'm thinking of a pro golfer who did just that: J. P. Hayes.
The Q-School is where golfers qualify to play on the PGA...
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Aug 3, 2010
Many years ago, my wife and I hired a carpenter to build an addition on our two-bedroom house. One hot afternoon, Bill was on the roof laying new shingles. His hammer echoed throughout the neighborhood. I climbed up on the...
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Aug 3, 2010
David Magallanez collects trash. No, he isn't some artistic bon vivant turning trash into treasure. He clears away other people's refuse on a daily garbage run in San Antonio. And he loves his job.
After finishing...
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Sep 1, 2009
Joy was two and I was twenty-eight when I taught her in Sunday school. Having recently been potty-trained, Joy pranced proudly down the hall to the bathroom. When she stood on the stool to wash her hands, she spotted the...
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Nov 4, 2008
In 1948, when President Harry Truman ran for re-election, he faced opposition within his own party. Why? After World War II, many brave black veterans struggled to find acceptance in their own country. Truman initiated...
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Jul 29, 2008
In his book, More Than Meets The Eye [1], Dr. Richard A. Swenson observes: "Light consists of tiny packages of energy, called photons. If we could study one as it leaves the sun, then capture it years later as it...
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