Episode 54 - Why I Don't Believe in Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance is not a thing. Work-work proportion is a thing. Work-rest proportion is a thing.https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/

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Work-life balance is not a thing. Work-work proportion is a thing. Work-rest proportion is a thing.https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
"If it was fun, they wouldn't call it work.""Daddy, I don't want you to go to work."Out of the heart, the mouth speaks—and these are the sorts of things our mouths speak about work. What does that say about our hearts? And what truths do we need in our hearts so that our mouths can speak differently?https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/Thanks to the Sun City Church Marketplace Ministry for inviting me to give this talk!
Dorothy Sayers wrote the most influential essay on the theology of work in the last century. It's awesome. But it's not perfect. This episode is about the parts I think could use some improvement.https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
Dorothy Sayers wrote a bunch of amazing novels. She also wrote the most influential word on the theology of work in the last one hundred years. https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
How do we use the tool called money? Prioritize proximity. Prioritize Necessity. Prioritize Probability.https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
Fruit, Seed, and Weeds. What kind of work is your money doing?https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
There's no such thing as the right (or wrong) amount of money.https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
Where does money fit into our theology of work? Is it a good gift from our Creator, or is it a lordless power and the root of all kinds of evil? Yes. https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/
https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/This episode is about Ryan and Tafilowski and David Buschart's book Worth Doing, which you can purchase here.
https://www.kibbeconsulting.com/https://www.gnu.edu/This episode is about David Jensen's book Responsive Labor, which you can purchase here.
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