Pastors, workaholics, and “Leading from a Place of Rest”
The term "workaholic" was coined in 1971, in a book called Confessions of a Workaholic: The Facts About Work Addiction. The author Wayne Oates wasn't a lawyer or
“Busy men find life very short:” Seneca on busyness, leisure and time
Yesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
“an engaging, well written and researched read:” the Englewood Review of Books
Emma Sleeth Davis, an author and projects coordinator at Blessed Earth, reviews REST for the Englewood Review of Books: In Rest: Why You Get More Done When You
“My busyness was actually laziness”
Just as work and rest are partners (as I argue in REST), so too are busyness and laziness actually linked in ways we don't always recognize. Writer Abigail Murrish
Speaking at the Westerkerk: Come for the rest, stay for the magnificent 17th century architecture!
I'm going to be going to Amsterdam in November to promote the Dutch edition of my new book REST, and one of the events I'll do is a
Distraction Addiction, Jesus, and You
Very interesting to see this: It’s a series at The Story Houston, a new church in Houston. a sermon by Eric Huffman on “Distraction Addiction, Jesus, and You.” Here’s
“they don’t see the strictures as demanding – they see them as liberating”
Guardian contributor Joanna Moorhead has a terrific piece about her Carmelite nun aunt. I was studying journalism in Cardiff, not far from the convent and when we were
“Being constantly connected… [means] we lack space to be and to breathe.”
Rachel Mann, a British author, controversial heavy metal rock critic, and rector of St Nicholas's, Burnage, Manchester, has a piece in the Church Times about technology, distraction, and the
Extended minds and tefillin
If the concept of embodied cognition or extended minds seems like a newfangled invention of philosophers who've read too much science fiction, I highly recommend this essay by Rabbi
Taking contemplative computing to Buddhist monastics
Last week I was in New York for the launch of J. Walter Thompson's new report on consumer trends, and while I was on the East Coast I