Catholicmenatwork

We're circling back to our discussion of the artist and the craftsman at work. Our little break to refresh our sense of balance in our own work serves as our launch pad.

The artist and the craftsman both need balance, in the same way we do. We might easily see this in the craftsman's work. But what of the artist? Do we have an impression that the artist by his or her ve...

 On this 5th Sunday after Easter, we'll take a look at one way to understand what we mean by "spirituality." Before we start, a quick observation to avoid any potential confusion about "5th Sunday after Easter."

If you guessed this potential confusion has something to with a variance between the traditional Liturgical calendar and the Novus Ordo/newfangled calendar...

We continue with our discussion of how the Easter Season can help us achieve real balance by returning to the wise words of Fr. Bernard Weaver. But first, a few words of my own about something that happened to me during a previous Easter at work.

Taking a quick break from our focus on the work of artists and craftsman, let's get an Easter refresher on achieving and being always balanced in our daily work. It's an element that applies to all of us, including artists and craftsman. Forget about the eccentric, unbalanced, crazy artist, if that's how you think of artists. You can be an artist without forsaking bala...

We read or hear that we, our lives should imitate Christ's life. Seems a bit bold, even harsh, for those of us who know we are sinners. Could even seem absurd.

But, no, that really is what we need to do. Problem is what exactly does it mean to imitate Christ's life, being the sinners we are?

And not only is the meaning a bit befuddling, but were we to explain clea...