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Faithful At Work
Does your Sunday morning faith go to work with you on Monday? Maybe in our quiet moments we plan how we'll respond if we end up like the apostles in Acts 5:29 - “We ought to obey God rather than man.” But most days, the question is simpler – and sometimes more challenging: Am I working like…
Bring Back Work Week: The Virtue of Selflessness
Awhile back, something changed my attitude toward our children and their spending habits - and we are all better off for it. We were out and about somewhere and one of the children said, "Mama, I'd like to buy the family dessert!" It almost happened right then. I could feel the words forming in my mind…
Thirteen With A Weird Request
A reader wrote in last week asking for help with a son's difficulty: We are trying to "prep" our 13 year old son for an interview at our local history museum. He would like to volunteer there but they seem sceptical as to "why any 13 year old boy would want to" (according to the…
Help! I’m Being Disrupted!
I'd had one of those weeks last week.  The biggest benefit to working from home is that you can be closer to your family.  One of the challenges, though, is just how close that can be when you really meant to focus on work.  The week seemed balanced between fight intervention between brothers, a high-need toddler…