By Rose Stanley, originally posted at Huffington Post. When workplace flexibility first came to be during the 1970s in the United States, it was mostly known as “flex time”: adjusting one’s start and end times to primarily accommodate working parents dropping children off and picking them up from school or daycare. Other forms of workplace … Read More
By Rose Stanley, originally posted at Doist. you listen to your parents or grandparents talk about their work history, you’ll probably see an alarming trend — they didn’t go anywhere! They stayed at the same company year after year, often decade after decade. Compare that to the average job length as of January 2016: Just 4.2 years. In … Read More
By Sarah McCammon, originally posted on National Public Radio. This Easter Sunday, we wanted to take a moment to take stock of one of the largest and most influential groups of Christians in American society, evangelicals. According to polling by the Pew Research Center, people who identify as evangelical make up about a quarter of … Read More
Originally posted on Georgetown University’s Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. The place of faith and the roles of the faithful in U.S. politics are often misunderstood and neglected, generate confusion and conflict, and are changing and challenging both religious communities and political leaders and parties. This first of a series of three Dialogues offered … Read More
By Quardricos Bernard Driskell, originally posted on the Hill. Religion and politics: two topics you are not supposed to discuss in the public square. Yet, if one surfs cable television or navigates Youtube and social media, these windows into our public life quickly showcase politicians, mechanics and grade-school teachers all weighing in on the topic … Read More
Originally posted at the Center for Faith & Work. Vincent Bacote invites us to be “fully trinitarian” and engage the world God has made through his Holy Spirit. Drawing from Genesis, Bacote points out that the spirit was present in the beginning of creation which means we need to participate in a public discipleship that … Read More
Originally posted on the Center for Faith & Work. The American education system is shockingly unequal but Christians recognize the abilities that God has given to every child. Nicole Baker Fulgham encourages church communities to get involved in educational inequity in three practical ways. Click here to continue reading.
By: Kenyon Adams, originally posted on the Center for Faith & Work. Last fall I had the pleasure and honor of contributing to the National Arts Policy Roundtable, an inspired gathering engendered in the minds of Robert Redford and his friend Robert Lynch (President of Americans for the Arts). The roundtable was recently discussed in the … Read More
By: Calvin Chin, originally posted on the Center for Faith & Work. Wall Street or what’s left of it remains the favorite bogey man for many spheres to pick on. This New York Times article discusses Hollywood’s vilification of the finance industry. What caused the great financial crisis of 2008? Why is the unemployment rate high … Read More
By: Calvin Chin, originally posted at the Center for Faith & Work. Crains New York Business published an article about incubators fueling our local tech economy. Given our stagnant local and national economy, one should not criticize entities that try to support new companies in the name of job and wealth creation BUT can anyone who follows entrepreneurship … Read More