by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 29, 2022 | The Founder's Desk, Work
I mentioned last week that I spent time recently with friends from college, and this group loves asking deep questions about life and faith. During our time together, we had some assigned reading by Parker Palmer (Let your Life Speak) on the topic of vocation.I find...
by Sam Orris | Aug 9, 2022 | Ministry, Pain, The Founder's Desk, Work
This past week I have been at a reunion with college friends (this is the main reason I missed last week’s update). It’s been significant for a number of reasons. I hope to unpack a few other ideas from the trip in the future, but I thought I would begin...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Sep 3, 2020 | Sermon Illustrations, Work
In this modern day parable, Alan Fadling describes a king and his two servants. Each of the servants desires to do the will of the king, but they approach their work very differently: One of the servants, for fear of not pleasing his master, rose early each day to...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jun 12, 2018 | Work
Sometimes Working More Decreases Productivity [A study from Stanford] found that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours, and productivity drops off so much after 55 hours that there’s no point in working any more. That’s right,...
