A Well-Timed Reminder
I’m really, really great at worrying. It’s actually one of the things that I do the best. On any given day, my worries range from…
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BARBARA — DAY 7: Springtime
Today’s card is for my husband, Chris. We were away at a wedding in Florida over the weekend where a lot of things were in…
Everything I Could Think Of
After graduation, mascara barely dry from losing the remaining ties to my old life, I joined my former professor’s weekly networking group. I had been…
Unemployed But Not Unhappy
“I actually enjoyed unemployment.” I don’t remember who said this to me, but I do remember agreeing. It seems strange to enjoy an unwanted thing,…
In Difficult Times
Lord, we see our neighbors hurting as they lose their jobs to layoffs and plant closings and their homes to foreclosure. We pray that in…
Labor Day Dignity
God calls us to announce the good news of God’s preferential option for the poor, for those who suffer the most among us. Indeed God’s love enfolds the entire human community equally and unceasingly, but it is with those who endure hardship that the Holy Spirit swells up foremost. And it is among them that we are called to stand in faith and solidarity.
Solutions for Underemployment: Future-Oriented Education
A Gallup poll finds that those without a high-school diploma are 50% more likely to be underemployed than those with more education. Among those without…
Marc Adams’ vlog from Guatemala
In early February, I traveled to Guatemala in hopes of doing some service work while brushing up on my Spanish. But as I describe…
What Works: Losing your footing and finding the ground
Nancy’s whole career has been in pharmaceutical communications. After watching round after round of layoffs at her firm over the past two years, her ticket…
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Return to the Lent calendar. Lent Quotable The best of all medicines is resting and fasting.— Benjamin Franklin Fast from complaining about your job and…
