On the Job

Where are the Young Men?

A visit to your local college or university campus is likely to reveal that a revolution has taken place. On many campuses, young women now outnumber young men, and a gender gap of momentous importance is staring us in the face.

10Feb2010 | Guest Author | 2 comments | Continued

The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Forbes recently published their list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Reading through the Forbes list, and the reflections of nine of these “powerful” women, made me think about how very differently things work in the economy of God. For the Christian, “power” has an entirely different meaning.

28Aug2009 | Mary Kassian | 3 comments | Continued

The Modesty of Personal Restraint

As the spring season blooms, talk about modesty heats up in Christian conversation as fast as the weather. Bloggers, radio hosts, and the rest of us lament the shorter hemlines, deeper necklines, exposed bellies, and bare bottoms in thong bikinis at the neighborhood swim club. But immodesty deals with a lot more than revealing too much skin. We are just as proneâ€”if not more soâ€”to overexpose whatâ€™s under our skin.

15Apr2009 | Guest Author | 0 comments | Continued