Americans Begging for a Break

PRNewswire: "Dealing with higher gas prices and grocery bills while waiting for depressed home prices to rise, it's no wonder an independent annual survey on vacation attitudes released today revealed that most Americans need a mental health break from increasingly demanding daily pressures"

We Christians are not immune to the dissatisfactions others experience in their work and leisure pursuits. In all likelihood, our problems stem from our adherence to a secularized perspective that views work as the means to material gain, with leisure a badly needed respite from work's drudgery. Leland Ryken examines this secular view and points to the liberating perspective of the Scriptures: both our work and our leisure have as their overarching aim to glorify God. Blue-collar worker or white, homemaker or career woman, this book will profoundly influence the attitudes and motivations you bring to your work and to your play.

On the program today my guest will be Leland Ryken - professor of English at Wheaton College. He has authored or edited several books and he served as the literary stylist for the English Standard Version of the Bible.