Healthy Work Environments
Decentralizing to a home business or small business is beneficial, then, on many fronts. Not only are small businesses more conducive for family involvement and self-motivation, but they provide a healthier atmosphere as well. Lower stress, lower pollution, and a more peaceful and natural setting are all things which support good health.
Of Workmanship and Craftsmanship
He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. ~attributed both to St. Francis of Assisi and to Louis Nizer Today I’d like to share an excerpt from a book by Wendell Berry. …
Work from Home: Be Genuine, Professional, and Flexible
It is amazing how much work can be accomplished—and how much change can be effected—with the tools of a computer and an internet connection. Sometimes I sit in my den, in our spacious house, on our country property, looking over the fields to the mountains, and think: “This simple computer is one of my main portals to the world of …
Homeschool or Home Economy?
This review of Doug Phillips’ message at the Family Economics Conference 2011 discussing how the Christian family’s mission and vision should be much larger than a single career or occupation. Having a family economy—and best of all, family business—most facilitates the realization of family mission and family vision. Vision is important, after all, because we are not on earth to get a paycheck, but to advance God’s Kingdom and leave a valuable legacy for the next generation.
