It is possibly the most unfair question in any job interview: “Tell me, what are your weaknesses?” What a trap question! And, whatever you say, please don’t fall into the trite trap answer, “Well, I can be a perfectionist.” It sounds like such a good parry, a backhanded humble brag in response to an unfair...
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North American society seems to be in the midst of a first world problem: the great reevaluation of work. Work used to be Mr. Incredible, pushing paper in a job literally too small for him. Then it became work from home, then the Great Resignation, then Quiet Quitting, and then Quiet Firing. We have some...
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As a pastor in a local church, I deeply enjoy our weekly practice of walking through the Bible together section by section, book by book, and seeing how the timeless word of God comes alive to our people–that even though we are centuries removed from the original writing of the Scriptures and worlds away from...
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In their 2019 book Faith for Exiles, David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock released some data on the consumption of screen media in the lives of “digital natives,” individuals between the ages of 15-23. They found that the average digital native consumes 2,767 hours of screen media each year, the equivalent of 115 days of nonstop...
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Many will remember the old game show The $64,000 Question, an American television staple in the 1950’s. As time passes, fewer may remember that the phrase predated the show. The phrase “$64,000 question” indicated the question at the heart of the issue, often the question hardest to answer. One can see the obvious appeal when...
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My leg bounced nervously as we sat in the waiting room at the fertility clinic for the first time. I gripped my husband’s hand harder, hoping for strength and comfort from his grasp. What would they find? Should my husband come back to the room with me? What would we have to do to be...
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