Comments on: On Labor for College Students http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/09/on-labor-for-college-students/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: John Mark Reynolds http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/09/on-labor-for-college-students/#comment-19904 John Mark Reynolds Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:42:45 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11672#comment-19904 Douglas, Right. We must honor labor and not denigrate it. Some of the worst read I know are academics outside their fields, the best work with their hands. John Mark Douglas,

Right.

We must honor labor and not denigrate it.

Some of the worst read I know are academics outside their fields, the best work with their hands.

John Mark

]]> By: Douglas Westfall http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/09/on-labor-for-college-students/#comment-19817 Douglas Westfall Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:47:42 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=11672#comment-19817 I install heating and air duct for living. One night at a coffee shop that is frequented by Christians I was reading Augustine's City of God. Person after person set down their Christian bestseller to ask me what my book was about and all but one of them had never heard of Augustine. I was astounded. I keep thinking that if I told them a little more it would jog their memory and they would be able to place him. Sadly, almost none of them had ever heard of him. I began to think that maybe I was being a snob, perhaps Augustine isn't as famous as I thought he was and I'm judging people harshly for thinking they all ought to know something that might be more obscure than I previously thought. The next day at work during break I pulled my book out and six of seven plumbers all started talking to me about how much they love Augustine, how Confessions changed their life, how fascinating his place in history was, etc... It was one of those moments that made me happy to still have a foot in the working world and a little perspective when my phil. prof. starts talking down on the kind of men I will see at work on Mon. I install heating and air duct for living. One night at a coffee shop that is frequented by Christians I was reading Augustine’s City of God. Person after person set down their Christian bestseller to ask me what my book was about and all but one of them had never heard of Augustine. I was astounded. I keep thinking that if I told them a little more it would jog their memory and they would be able to place him. Sadly, almost none of them had ever heard of him. I began to think that maybe I was being a snob, perhaps Augustine isn’t as famous as I thought he was and I’m judging people harshly for thinking they all ought to know something that might be more obscure than I previously thought. The next day at work during break I pulled my book out and six of seven plumbers all started talking to me about how much they love Augustine, how Confessions changed their life, how fascinating his place in history was, etc… It was one of those moments that made me happy to still have a foot in the working world and a little perspective when my phil. prof. starts talking down on the kind of men I will see at work on Mon.

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