Podcast guest Jesse Eubanks shares about his experience building healthier relationships with God, himself, and others.
How do you foster a healthy work culture with a diverse team? Our guest is a mediator, conflict consultant, and international education...
How can you navigate the tension between people and profit, and what does the Bible have to say about it?
The words we use in our places of work have the power either to bless or curse, to build others up or...
Philippians 1:3-11 (NIV) “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always...
As the creator of Peanuts reminds us, the hours we spend at work are so much more than just “work” hours. Many...
Lots of business advice out there today—even some of the advice we shared with you last week —is for people in charge...
Magazines both print and virtual, from the Harvard Business Review to Lifehacker, offer tips to help us be more productive. We’re tempted...
Ten years ago, I was hired by a company I used to work for. My job was dealing with issues that had...
I’m learning that true discernment requires community.
Starting January 1, The High Calling will become a joint publication of the Theology of Work Project and The H. E. Butt Family Foundation.
Jesus doesn’t take away our fears, but he can transform them.
In sports, in business, in life, winners put team victory first.
Respecting others means allowing members to contribute equally to group discussions. It means reading each other’s emotions.
The benediction is an act of faith. These words must be pronounced by someone who is confident that they are true.
If you don’t have fear, you can’t have wisdom. It is that simple.
David Zimmerman believes that, like good music, work relationships contain tension that must be resolved. When it does, he says, “We are satisfied with the music we’ve made together.”
The voices and friendships Laura Boggess has found here at The High Calling have helped her fill in the details of her own chalk outline, coaxed her writing voice into a rich, wide-lipped smile.
The High Calling, and the friends Dena Dyer made virtually because of it, provided a safe place for her to write, learn, share concerns, and grow spiritually.
Glynn Young remembers finding poetry in The High Calling network—poetry in the much broader sense of how God’s people spoke, wrote and talked with each other.
We love to give back to an employer we respect. Sam Van Eman explores why by imagining a world where employers play...
The Carnegie name is well known, but who was Andrew Carnegie the man?
In our competitive American ethos, it’s hard not to be chosen. So what do you do when you lose?
The team Moses built would determine his success. And the same is true for any of us.
You can’t produce quality work at an eighty-hour a week pace.
It’s the time for resolutions. Why do we vow to change every January 1st—yet by February laugh at our high intentions? One reason is that profound change is so difficult.
Carl Pendleton, a three-year starter for the University of Oklahoma football team, gave up his final year of eligibility. He did it to pursue graduate school and to care for his ten-year-old...
Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest American athlete of all time. He won the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. After that, he played pro baseball and football. ...
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, we are told, “Now when Jesus had finished...
Sports are a gathering point for people, creating instant bonds.
The University of Hawaii has a graduate assistant football coach who can’t move or speak on his own. Brian Kajiyama has cerebral palsy. He buzzes the field in a motorized wheelchair. He speaks...
Gunter was reeling. The board of Mastech had brought him in as CEO to move the company forward. He had been selected...
In 30 Women of Faith conferences each year, Patsy Clairmont speaks in huge arenas to tens of thousands of women. She talks about her agoraphobia: fear of open spaces. During 17 years of anxiety,...
In your work experience, which common behaviors are plainly incompatible with faithful Christian living?
Sometimes all it takes to make an enemy into a friend is being willing to make the first move.
Leslie and Bill Marquard teach executives to learn more and decide better in less time. The key is collaboration. ...
In an office challenge, Bill was always the first to offer help . . . and the last to get taken up on his offer. You see, Bill knew how to solve problems...
Author Cameron Hawley was with his grandmother near the end of her life. One day she reminisced about her years as a young bride in the Dakota Territory in 1878. Hawley asked her...
Lyle Lovett is a Texas A&M graduate—from Klein, Texas—whose highly original blues/country/jazz/gospel music is known worldwide. Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith observes that Lovett’s "Large Band"...
At the age of 14, Scott Mooney was bitten by the entrepreneur bug. He started selling horse equipment out of his father's barn, then from a rented a location on a main street...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
I once made a list of the best things that ever happened in my career, and I was responsible for almost none...
Working together and encouraging one another will take us further than our going it alone.
So much of the "calling" aspect of our work consists in simply seeing people as people—not numbers, or performance statistics, or problems...
You know you’re in the rhythm of motherhood when you’re sitting at the symphony, listening to the plucking of violin strings and you start picturing a sequence from a Tom and Jerry cartoon...
Mike Hayes went into the radio industry right out of college. He was excited about pursuing his dream of being an on-air host. After several years of working long hours, in a stressful...
A few years ago, I gave up gossip for Lent. That may not seem like a big deal to you, but I was raised as a die-hard, ultra-conservative Southern Baptist, and trying something...
A recent study by sociologist, Scott Coltran claims that when parents do chores at home alongside their children, the children cooperate better at school. They understand that in a group, everyone...
Another encouraging message from Howard Butt Jr. on seeing past conflicts in the workplace.
Harry’s career had gone—well, “all right.” Not every promotion had come through. But he was always willing to learn. Then, nearing retirement, Harry was asked to mentor a sharp young employee...
Transcript Henry messed up. Under a tough deadline, he miscalculated the numbers and put too low a price in his proposal. Of course, the client jumped on it. And, of course, Henry’s company...
Good work is step one, but how well do we work with others?
Transcript At a parent-teacher meeting, Julie worried aloud about her pre-schooler. "I see Monique on the playground and she's, well, stubborn," Julie told the teacher. "She waits for others to invite her in...
Transcript Karen was confused. Certain people at work seemed to fly up the corporate ladder. What about her? Here’s where Karen had options. She could fume and nurse bad feelings. She could openly...
Think about the people around you in your daily work. How can you pray for them?
Auburn University football chaplain Chette Williams named his memoir Hard Fighting Soldier. In it, he describes the battle style of Roman soldiers. Their armor had hooks. In battle, the soldiers...
In yesterday’s reflection, I talked about how we can team up with our fellow ministers of Christ through prayer. Today we will see from another perspective how serving Christ is truly a team...
Recently I heard this behind-the-scenes story about a company that had enjoyed notable success and is now struggling to survive.
In 1902, a Boston Methodist minister named Edgar J. Helms had an idea. First he gathered castoff goods and clothing from wealthy neighborhoods. Then he hired and trained the poor to repair the...
The Serum 25 Run is a brutal Alaskan dogsled trek, 768 miles. Each year, it honors the original Serum Runners. They carried lifesaving diphtheria medicine from Nenana to Nome in 1925. Incredibly,...
Teamwork is an American value, and I'm always trying to find it in the Bible.
Transcript At the Washington Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally challenged, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. As the gun sounded, eight runners sprinted from the line. But...
In the film, Coach Carter, a player named Timo quits the team and later asks to be reinstated. Coach tells Timo he must complete 2,500 push-ups and 1,000 sprint drills in five days. But by Friday,...
Recently, my grandkids saw an exhibition of the Blue Angels—the pinnacle of Naval aviation. What speed . . . what precision! Most amazing, my son-in-law said, were the jets’ dangerously tight...
Two geese prepared to fly south, and a frog asked if he could go along. At first they resisted. How could a frog accompany them? Easy! The frog suggested that the two geese...
Your church is in the hearts of the people who gather to worship there and then are scattered to live their lives. So your church is in your homes. Your church is in...
"Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks." (Proverbs 30:27) ...
In the years before World War I, England and France had been bitter adversaries. But a voracious learner, an energetic Englishman named Henry Wilson, became head of the British War College. ...
A graphic pictorial image has stayed with me as a powerful lesson. It was a news magazine photograph of prisoners—the worst of the worst—in individual cells. In their isolation, these hardened...
An old poem called “The Bridge” tells about an elderly man walking on a lone highway one evening. He reaches a fierce stream and crosses it unafraid. Then, instead of going on, he...
My pastor, Charles Johnson, tells of a farmer named Herman who needed to relocate his barn. The only way to move the building 110 feet was to dismantle the barn and rebuild it...
Ralph Waldo Emerson is a well-known early American poet and philosopher. Once, when he was a child, he watched as a man sawed and cut up wood. Although the job was beyond the...
Take time to notice the people who pack your parachute. No one goes it alone—it's the high calling of our daily work.
Seeing geese heading south for the winter, notice their V-shaped formation. Scientists say that each bird's flapping creates uplift for the bird immediately behind. The entire flock gains at...
I love pro basketball, and the Spurs are my team. Their success was always related directly to David Robinson's scoring. David received the most criticism and also the most acclaim. But after...
"Music is my way of talking to you."—Louis Armstrong ...
I love jazz. When I hear it I think of Louis Armstrong: “Won’t you come along with me/down the Mississippi . . .”
The jazz band is an elegant symbol of both the American spirit—and a good workday. Every jazz band has a leader—but within bounds each musician also has the freedom to improvise. The key...
Since God made us inherently relational, relationships are not just incidental to work; they are essential.
God called Abraham into a covenant of faithful service, as is told at the beginning of Genesis...
Throughout the Old Testament, we see God at work through the actions of women.
Ezer in the Bible means helper.
Perhaps relationships offer real meaning in work. The Teacher extols the value of friendships at work. “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil” (Eccl. 4:9, emphasis...
An emphasis on personal relationships suffuses the theology of these chapters. Jesus calls the disciples “no longer servants…but friends” (John 15:15, NASB)...
The transformation of the mind “so that you may discern what is the will of God” (Rom. 12:2) comes hand in hand...
The more we walk in newness of life, the more we depend on one another's work.
Chapter 16 of Romans belies many people’s common assumptions about the nature of Paul’s work—namely, that he was a solitary, heroic figure...
We noted above that the main problem in the Corinthian church was that of factionalism. Cliques were forming under the banner of...
By Rev’d Dr. Kenneth J. Barnes, Dean of the Marketplace Institute, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia In his collected papers entitled, Reflections on...
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