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21 Pods: A Time-Management System for Pastors
NewPastoral ministry has some unique time-management challenges. This simple weekly scheduling system can help.
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If you seek your calling, look about you.
It's easy to get so preoccupied with looking to the future that we neglect faithfulness in our present responsibilities. It's easy to miss the glory of the mundane. But all of our responsibilities are important as we do them as worship unto the Lord and love to our neighbor.
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Time Management
Some Tips on Managing Email
An overflowing inbox can be demoralizing and time-consuming. For better or worse, however, email is still a means by which we can love our neighbor, whether they are family, a coworker, or a stranger.
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40 Life Lessons from Turning 40
Today is my 40th birthday. Here are 40 lessons I've learned. Perhaps you'll find something useful in here.
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Work Hard. Rest Hard. Trust God.
Rest is not a necessary evil. It is a blessed gift from a loving Father. But that's hard for us to accept sometimes.
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How to Discern Your Calling
In this episode, Reagan shows how individual believers figure into God's plans for the ages, and questions we can ask to determine exactly where we fit in our homes, jobs, and churches.
Time Management
"I Feel Guilty When I'm Not Overworking"
What do you do if your biggest issue isn't laziness, but that you can't get yourself to stop working when you should?
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The Power & The Pitfalls of Side Hustles
Starting a side project to make some extra cash can be tempting. But make sure you count the cost before jumping in with both feet.
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Closing the Gap Between Work and Worship
Worship isn’t just what you do when your hands are raised in church, but also when they’re typing at the keyboard, turning a wrench, or greeting a customer.
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8 min read
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Workism: America's New Religion?
"From jobs to careers to callings." That's what Derek Thompson says is the history of work in six words. In an excerpt from his new book, published in The Atlantic, Thompson argues that career has replaced religion as the primary source of identity and meaning in
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5 Ways the Gospel Shapes Our Productivity
The gospel changes our eternal destiny, but the gospel also should reshape our view of life, purpose, work, and productivity.
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When Your Job Feels Meaningless
Personal productivity provides a structure that enables both spiritual growth and fruitfulness for Christians.
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How to Bless Your Employer While Working Remotely
As Christians, we should seek to be a blessing to our employers. Remote work presents unique challenges, but it also presents unique opportunities to bring glory to God in our workplaces.
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When No One Is Watching: The Heart of a Christian Remote Worker
Working from home is a unique opportunity for Christians to demonstrate Christ-like integrity.
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In Search of the Simple Life
What if the heavy burden of expectations we are carrying for our professional lives, income, and productivity wasn't put there by our Lord who said his burden was light?
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