Three timely articles on the tripartite troubles of a single sister mulling over missions:
If the apostle Paul knew fatigue, anger and anxiety in his ministry, what makes us think we can avoid them in ours? After all, To Serve is to Suffer.
A refreshing look at the modern work/life paradigm: The old and honorable idea of “vocation” is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted. Implicit in this idea is the evidently startling possibility that we might work willingly, and that there is no necessary contradiction between work and happiness or satisfaction.
Read more of Wendell Berry on Work.
And finally, why sex tell you nothing about what it means to be human: why Christians should take friendship more seriously.
If the apostle Paul knew fatigue, anger and anxiety in his ministry, what makes us think we can avoid them in ours? After all, To Serve is to Suffer.
A refreshing look at the modern work/life paradigm: The old and honorable idea of “vocation” is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted. Implicit in this idea is the evidently startling possibility that we might work willingly, and that there is no necessary contradiction between work and happiness or satisfaction.
Read more of Wendell Berry on Work.
And finally, why sex tell you nothing about what it means to be human: why Christians should take friendship more seriously.
I just recently read "Life is a Miracle" by Wendell Berry and I'd highly recommend it as an astute reflection on the damaging abstractness of science and a scientific worldview.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this, it's great.
Chad