labor day

How will you celebrate your work today? Here are a few ways to honor the labor you do, whether out in the world or behind closed doors: Look at laundry in new light to see how every day is a labor day. Remember the ordinary, extraordinary labor that brought each of us into this world. Consider how God works, too: baking, sweeping, washing, gathering, or hosting. Take a page from my pastor on making room for kids in the midst of our work: It’s adorable, of course, to watch a tall man in flowing robes lean over to talk to a tiny toddler. But sometimes I wonder if we let these interactions change us, if we who are parents let ourselves learn from our pastor. I admit that I don’t always make such gracious space in my work for my children. They pull over chairs to the counter in the middle of my dinner prep, and I sigh because little hands will now make a mess in the flour and steal veggies off the cutting board. They show up at my elbow while I’m writing and ask to sit on my lap, … [Read more...] about a round-up of labor day thoughts