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Life for Leaders

Daily Reflection / Produced by Life for Leaders

A daily devotional from Mark Roberts and the De Pree Center, connecting faith and work.

The High Calling

The High Calling is a production of the Theology of Work Project in partnership with the H. E. Butt Foundation. Here you'll discover a range of stories that help you think deeply about how your faith relates to your work and the culture you live in. Every day on this page you'll find a new devotional from Mark Roberts' Life For Leaders.

Seeking Jesus in Your Work

The Work of an Accountant

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Scott Killen, a Charleston, South Carolina native, generates 70% of his yearly income between January and April.

The Work of an Adjuster

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When our policyholder backed his milk truck out of the yard, he took a bit of the farmer’s fence with him.

The Work of an Artist

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I paint for the same reason I breathe.

The Work of an Attorney

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What could be taking the jury so long? Hadn’t we put on a solid defense? Was it really that close?

The Work of a Bookseller

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To speak of bookselling, one must first give heed to the library.

The Work of a Community Liaison

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One of my joys is connecting volunteers to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

The Work of a Data Analyst

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It started with the numbers, but they ended up telling a story. And I was the narrator.

The Work of a Farmer

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“How often in your lifetime will the farm right next to yours come up for sale? Not more than once or twice.”

The Work of a Florist: Appreciation of Beautiful Things

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An appreciation for beautiful things is a defining characteristic of a fully lived human life.

The Work of a Handyman

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My days are spent helping customers cross items off of their home maintenance and repair to-do list.

The Work of Holy Artistry

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Our God-crafted identity, flowing through our skills, becomes a kind of holy artistry, whether we're making art, planting a garden, or stocking shelves.

The Work of an Illness (and the Work of a Patient)

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It’s hard to admit, but I am not skilled at quieting my body and mind.

The Work of a Landscaper

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I think of myself not so much as a landscaper, with its nuance of design and control, as one who labors to keep a kind of wild order.

The Work of a Maker

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I think it is a normal human response to care deeply about those things we have invested time and energy and talent into creating.

The Work of a Nurse

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For months, in the afternoons when I had a spare moment at the nurses' station or when I was driving home from work, I'd think about her. And I'd pray.

The Work of a Physical Therapist

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For all the talk about health care ethics and codes of conduct in physical therapy school, nobody ever taught me to care.

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The Work of a Poem

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Hard work that, if done well, might ease another's tired soul—not solve anything necessarily, but perhaps unravel, unbind.

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The Work of a Poet

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"I want to be a poet," I said to the air.

The Work of a Retailer

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We all know Ms. Smith. As usual, she ignored the fact that I was waiting on someone else.

The Work of a Roofer

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Roofing is unusually hard work. Second from the bottom on the job list ... one up from shark bait.

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The Work of a Sports Photographer

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Compared to the runner sweating, struggling to keep up with the others, it looks simple: A photographer sitting comfortably in the shade with a cold drink, taking pictures.

The Work of a Storyteller

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I wanted to tell a different story than the one I’d read by hundreds of writers before me.