November 22, 2013
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November 18, 2013
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Newspaper Reporters. Let ‘Em Be Actuaries and Optometrists and Such.
September 12, 2013
Why Has the Economic Recovery Bypassed Young People?
August 29, 2013
Maximizing labor, minimizing wages
For this week’s Acton Commentary, ahead of Labor Day weekend, I write about “working harder and smarter,” lessons we can learn from Ashton Kutcher and Mike Rowe.
One of the implications of connecting hard work with smart work is that the difficulty of work on its own does not determine its value in the marketplace. Continue Reading...
March 14, 2013
5 TV Shows That Demonstrate the Importance of Ordinary Work
December 27, 2012
The Year in Commentary: Jordan J. Ballor
September 12, 2012
Leaves and Fruit: The Spiritual Value of Manual Labor
September 12, 2012
Of Ministers and Muck Farmers
October 27, 2010
Make Work Your Favorite
May 20, 2021
Finding meaning in work: Christian vocation means working with ‘holy intent’
America’s new secular religions of “workism” and “careerism” are leading to all sorts of cultural decay, from cults of self-esteem to the decline of the family and beyond.
Our work has plenty of meaning, but without the right moral foundation and transcendent focus, our quests for economic purpose can quickly devolve into a base idolatry of the self. Continue Reading...