Seeking the reconciliation of heaven and earth
A couple of years ago I read a beautiful short story by J.R.R Tolkien with the odd name Leaf by Niggle. It tells the story of Niggle, an obscure painter living in a fictitious rural setting. Niggle is not a particularly talented painter, but he loves painting landscapes full of trees. If he had a… Continue reading The Time That is Given Us
If God has given us anything important to accomplish, we should not expect to have all the abilities to complete our assignment or to get it done by ourselves without the encouragement of others. This is true of everyone of us, in every calling. -Philip Ryken Why do we work? Enter this question into a… Continue reading Finding Our Vocation Through Relationship
If we think of work as its own end, disconnected from God's purposes, or merely as something we do to pay the bills, we put ourselves at risk of rationalizing anything to keep our jobs. Rod Dreher I have for much of my life, dating back to my childhood, found myself struggling with a perpetual… Continue reading Rediscovering Vocation: Letting Go
“A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God. If your job is shoveling manure, than do your best and shovel that manure for the glory of God." Martin Luther I am convinced that one of central problems in our modern society is a lack of meaning in daily life, a sense that our… Continue reading Rediscovering Vocation: A Historical Perspective
On Earth as it is in Heaven 