Tag: Work
Joyful at Work
How often do we do something beautiful for God at work? I mean, not the ordinary things we do at work, but the times when we think of God, and move forward with joy, and intentionally do our work with the idea that our work is something beautiful for God. Consider the plethora of opportunities [...]
Developing a Deep Prayer Life – The Most Important Talk You Will Ever Hear
Editors Note: Sister Regina Marie, O.C.D. is the Vicar General of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. At the time of the conference talk, she was Mother Regina Marie, O.C.D., Superior General of the community. I had the great privilege to listen to a talk delivered by Mother Regina Marie, [...]
Pursuing a Meaningful Life: An interview with author Randy Hain
In a spirit of full disclosure, I am a Randy Hain fan. As a friend, he has been the source of unfailing encouragement, fellowship, and wisdom. Yet there are many dimensions to the man… Randy is a husband, father, writer, speaker, business leader, and much more. His third book, Something More: The Professional’s Pursuit of [...]
Daily Catholic Quote from Dr. Michael J. Naughton
“The focus on school as an instrument to career success is increasingly crowding out a classical understanding of what education should be about. Josef Pieper writes that ‘leisure in Greek means skole, and in Latin scola, the English school.’ The person of leisure is the ‘scholar.’ Education in the classical liberal arts tradition was that [...]
5 Reasons to Speak Positively about your Spouse at Work
“Sorry, I can’t do it tonight. The old ball and chain gets ticked off if I’m out late.” How many times have we heard derogatory comments like this about spouses in the workplace? Even worse, snide remarks can give way to all-out whining: “My husband is such a jerk sometimes” or “My wife completely lost [...]
Daily Catholic Quote from St. John Neumann, Bishop
“Everyone who breathes, high and low, educated and ignorant, young and old, man and woman, has a mission, has a work. We are not sent into this world for nothing; we are not born at random; we are not here, that we may go to bed at night, and get up in the morning, toil [...]
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
“The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner he wills it; and thirdly, to do it because it is his will.” (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family [...]
Is Time Working For You?
Friends and colleagues have long wondered how I seem to squeeze so much activity into each day and still maintain a sense of balance. As a reformed workaholic, I have always had a tendency to be fully engaged throughout the day and usually maintain a full plate of faith, family and work-related activities. As I [...]
Turning Age into an Asset
With so many talented people looking for work in this tough economy, I feel compelled to share an article I wrote for the professional world about how to maximize the gifts offered by older employees. Please keep all of those looking for new jobs in your thoughts and prayers. It is a common tale these [...]
The Virtue of Business
Many years ago, I discovered that business is fun. Of course, my dad contributed to this way of thinking. As missionaries in Nigeria, my parents discovered that relatively simple tasks could be maddeningly complicated. Just one example: it took over 45 minutes to purchase a stamp at the local post office. That’s why, as a [...]
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