Is Your Work Spiritual Enough?
This is a great question that most of us have asked ourselves at some point or another. This question gets traction with us because we do not understand work and the One who designed us for it. This...
3 Spiritual Dangers of Productivity
I must admit that I am drawn to anything that can improve my productivity. However, I am also painfully aware of my sinful heart which makes me keenly interested in Daniel Patterson's article included below. Patterson, the chief of staff...
You Gotta Ask Yourself One Question
Have you ever been enjoying a conversation, and someone brings up a hot new show that you did not know existed? Of course, everyone else knows about it. Characters and terms you have not even heard of start flying around...
Older Entrepreneurs Do It Better
Last weekend's Wall Street Journal featured a fascinating article, by Carl Schramm, that certainly bucks the prevailing thought about innovation and creativity. While this article does not discuss all the implications, the observations of this article raises interesting questions when...
The Power of Expression: A Goofy Looking Dog
In the book Anansi Boys, Anansi, the African god of storytelling, is sitting on his front porch in Florida (he’s retired) when he notices a prize-winning dog strutting back and forth on the lawn across the street. It’s...
We Should All Be Bus Drivers
I decided this morning that the bus drivers are my favorite working citizens in the District. They good-naturedly wait for me when I, all but, sprint across the crosswalk to board the bus on time. They don't seem to hold...
Should Our Goal Be to Create Jobs at All Costs?
Dr. Anne Bradley, Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics, helps us to better understand economics 101 when it comes to the relationship between creating wealth and creating jobs. Job creation is a hot political...
Redemptive Work
According to US News 80% of people will break their new year resolutions come February. How are you doing on yours? Last year I confessed my love/hate feelings about setting new year's resolutions. The tension I have with this ritual caused...
Economic Liberty Benefits the Least the Most
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he specializes in foreign policy and civil liberties. In the article below, he promotes economic liberty (a.k.a. capitalism) as a means by which the least of these can benefit. On...
Why is a $15 toy selling for $5,000?
When The Collaborative posts curated material on our blog I usually provide a brief introductory paragraph to help set the context. Today you are getting a bit of a hybrid because these are matters that are worthy of deeper thought.There...
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