by Wayne Schwab Love and justice are the reliable and constant guides to discern and to find God at work in our own life and in the world around us. Wherever we meet love and justice, we are meeting God at work among us. Wherever love and justice are missing, God is at work somewhere to bring them. If we…
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How Do We Teach Love?
By Pam Tinsley, reprinted from Living God’s Mission. “How do we teach love?” was the provocative question posed by 16-year old Maria Gonzalez as she addressed the House of Bishops during General Convention. Despite her soft-spoken voice and age, Maria’s wise words are powerful and reflect her passion as an advocate for others. Not only was Maria part of the…
Work as Holy War: The Big Picture
By Greg Forster; part six of a series. This series on daily work as a battle to reclaim the world from Satan started with a cosmic view of the holy war between God and Satan for control of the world. Then we applied this at the personal level and subsequently walked outward from there to the social level. As we…
The Problem With Work (a book review and musings)
The Problem With Work (2011) by Kathi Weeks has been sitting on my desk now for some time in preparation for my reviewing it here. Recently, my 5-year-old walked by my desk. She is just learning to read, and she sounded out the title. “What is the problem with work?” she said. “Is it that not everyone has a job?” On the…
