How do you make meaning from your work? Is it a job, career, or calling? For most of my life, I never thought about these differences. In their paper, Work as Worship, published in the book Faith & Work: Christian Perspectives, Research, and Insights Into the Movement (Edited by Timothy Ewest, …
Ms. Ella
I serve on the Southwestern University Board of Trustees. At various times during the year, I rise early to drive north the 30 miles from my central Austin home to Georgetown where the university resides. Southwestern is a beautiful liberal arts campus of stone buildings that surround the grassy …
Missionary Ideal
I have participated in several mission trips during my lifetime. My first was serving in UMARMY, a United Methodist Church summer youth mission trip that worked on homes in neighboring poor communities. I led a team of high school students building wheelchair ramps, fixing leaking roofs and …
Baylor Bears versus Notre Dame Women Basketball NCAA Championship
I don’t watch much basketball except a few NCAA Final Four games. We have good friends who are big Baylor Bears fans. We met them on a cruise ship and noticed that they regularly wore Baylor green and yellow apparel. Yesterday, Baylor played Notre Dame in the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball …
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City of God (Good Works)
Most mornings, I rise early and prepare for my run through my Austin neighborhood. Before I venture outside, I read from Scripture or a devotional book, then pray. For the past year, my devotional readings are from Saint Augustine’s (354-430 CE) book, Concerning the City of God against the Pagans …
Half-Blood Blues
I just finished reading Half-Blood Blues, a fictional book by a talented Canadian writer, Esi Edugyan (New York, NY: Picador, 2011). The story is told through the eyes of Sid, a good jazz string bass player who is jealous of Hiero, a young gifted trumpet player who effortlessly masters his …