Do you remember when you had to print out directions in order to go somewhere? Twenty years ago, few people could telecommute...
The Bible talks to us from a world of grain and cattle, fields and farms. For those of us who work amid...
Technology is ever present in our work today. This week, our writers reflect on the interaction between the people God made and...
Multitasking. It’s the word of the age. We can balance the budget, set up the employee training sessions, schedule a dentist appointment...
Will there be technology in heaven? If so, what technology will we take to heaven? And what is technology, anyway? God placed...
I remember reading in the late 1980s that because of computers and their productivity we were entering a world of limitless free time, a calm and creative age.
Like any good pop culture parable, zombie stories work because they help us think about deep truths that we feel in our bones.
I’m 41 years old, and I’m still afraid to jump off the cliff.
Being made in God’s image does not mean we look like God looks; it means we do what God does.
If God values embodied relationships more than disembodied relationships, then you might say God has been doing a poor job of relating...
“Go,” Jesus says, “and make disciples of all nations.” Surely they must have felt deep sadness in this moment.
In this important update about The High Calling, Editor Marcus Goodyear shares both sad news and encouragement as we promote being present...
Does the temptation to do too many things at once prevent us from being present in our own lives? Howard Butt, Jr., shares his thoughts.
Open my eyes to see any ways I’ve allowed technology to become a distraction. Show them to me plainly.
Who can keep up with the constant onslaught of new technology? Should I even try?
I work in corporate communication. It's simultaneously wonderful and terrible.
How do you navigate the online space as witness over argument, testimony over talking points?
When we get tempted to click away in the middle of a work day, we can remember Christ’s example.
In our fast-paced digital world, we need time to unplug from machines.
Right now, as I write this, I'm not connected to the Internet. In fact, I've got my...
"As I worked and learned Spanish from my coworkers I discovered two passions God had given me: working with my hands and...
The speed and amount of data coming at us on our computers, laptops, and cellphones, and soon through our glasses and watches, is startling.
The High Calling has many resources about serving God with technology. The integration of faith and work is our mission, and the...
Does it matter if people see technology before they see each other? Maybe creepy is the new cool.
I watched my kids playing on the swing set recently on a Sunday morning after church. My mind was already drifting to...
To borrow from that august authority, the online comments section: it’s either the end of the world or it’s not. We speak...
The head of a large technology company felt nervous and stressed, but afraid to talk about it. If customers knew, he’d lose face. Employees must see his confidence, he thought. His peers couldn’t.....
We won’t settle for pseudo-events. We won’t settle for success theater. We will be present together—in the physical world and in the...
It’s hot, so I stand under the awning at the back of the church where the sun can’t scorch the tops of my shoulders and the crown of my head. Two friends have...
When my phone rang at 10 pm on a Saturday evening, I jumped up to answer it. I have several elderly grandparents, and my mind always jumps to the worst case scenario at that hour. ...
The finale of “The Office” had me laughing and even close to shedding a tear. For nine seasons, we watched as a...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
Work, meaningful work, requires us to be fully present and then good things follow.
Where, exactly, do you work?
“What hath God wrought?” That question from the Bible, Numbers 23:23, was the first official message tapped on the first telegraph in May 1844. ...
A few years ago, the History Channel performed a major overhaul on its show lineup. That overhaul introduced me to what have...
Last night at our house we had a fierce electrical rainstorm. Thunderclaps woke us up. Jagged bolts of lightning exploded and flashed. The driving rain pelted the roof and windows. Then everything...
When The Big Bang Theory appeared on TV, all my friends told me I should watch it. They said, "it has science...
TV can often come across like the end of Western Civilization, but the small screen has also become an oasis of fantastic...
Howard Butt, Jr. of Laity Lodge shares another encouraging message about the high calling of our daily work. Pioneer 10 completed its mission and then some, all on an 8 watt transmitter. Who are we...
I was on speaker phone the other day with a colleague, Bruce, closing up several items regarding some new deal activity. ...
I grew up knowing I needed to fast from work on Sundays. At church and from mom, I learned that you simply...
Last week I announced the startling blog-revelation that I had been writing under the pen name of...
Editor's Note: The Everything Matters series highlights why the work of particular vocational fields is a cultural act. Each installment serves as...
Editor's Note: On Fridays we're hosting a series called Everything Matters, where guests share why the work of their particular vocational fields...
Adults were critical of young Al. His energy was—well—boundless. His questions were endless. These days, people would call him A-D-D. In his day, teachers called him “addled.” ...
Psychiatry and faith offer complimentary insights into the human condition and can help us to lead healthier and more satisfying lives.
I don’t need the test at the Center for Internet Addiction website to tell me that I spend too much time online...
Many careers today demand 60 hour weeks or more if we’re going to succeed and provide for...
Dealing with the narcissists in our lives is never easy, but there is hope for improving these difficult relationships.
It is not uncommon, he says, to ask a young child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” But...
Whether we are introducing a new work process, trying to sell a book, or even trying to share about our faith, what's...
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It goes without saying that narcissists have an inflated view of themselves, one that frequently masks a hidden sense of emptiness and inferiority.
Parenting is hard, and not just because we struggle to balance work and family. The stakes are high.
When Laity Leadership Institute Senior Fellow Allan Josephson, M.D. decided to study psychiatry 30 years ago, persons of faith often wondered how...
I take comfort from some advice written 20 years before anyone thought of mobile computing and the internet.
Emptying and filling, she said. I have been thinking about these words all morning. Emptying and filling, emptying and filling, emptying and filling. ...
Task switching may be an inherent part of our fast-paced, plugged-in world, but we can still make time each week, or even each day, to slow down, reduce the volume, and focus on...
An associate of mine recently witnessed an all-too-common scene: four people at a restaurant table, deep in conversation . . . on four different cell phones. Think of it! Good friends finally...
By 2000, forty million American white-collar employees were using the cubicle. What began as a customizable work environment eventually turned into an urban dungeon. Cutting us off from contact...
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson tapped on his keyboard and hit “send” on the first-ever email ... all the way across the room to a second computer in his lab.
Can the Church exist online without ever meeting? Can our activities online become a kind of addiction? How do we balance our online activities with the real world? After attending the Christian Web...
My friend Dwight doesn’t usually carry a cell phone, and I asked him why not. “Well,” he said, “have you ever noticed how people with phones feel like they have to answer them...
Many of us don't think much about communicating on the Internet. When we fire off an email, leave a comment, or post an update, we leave a trail. Our words are there for...
My father had a work plan that Benjamin Franklin would have approved of. Somehow it never seemed to work out that way for me.
Years ago at a university lecture, television legend Charles Kuralt ended his speech with a question and answer session. An insolent college student stepped up to a microphone and assaulted Kuralt...
Herod’s Disturbance (Click Here to Read) In this daily reflection from The High Calling, Mark Roberts writes about how, in contrast to Herod in Matthew 2, we can submit our daily life and...
Commuting to work by private or public transportation is one of the daily realities of modern life.
Through the years we have invented an amazing array of machines to help us compute things more rapidly and more accurately.
Though most computers are actively used for relatively pedestrian activities like accounting and word processing, a remarkable amount of their resources is devoted to simple diversion.
This article considers death as an occasion for theological reflection and spiritual contemplation and deals with letting go of ourselves.
By Rev’d Dr. Kenneth J. Barnes, Dean of the Marketplace Institute, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia In his collected papers entitled, Reflections on...
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