Too Much of a Good Thing? Work-Life Balance I recently returned from Chicago where I presented at the Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Conference. On the heels of my year-long sabbatical, I presented on how to navigate work-life balance – a topic of interest in this context for graduate students and junior faculty, but also a subject that applies to those in many professions. I love my job, but as is the case with many things in life, it is possible to have to

Advice for a Denomination: From a Sociologist of Religion I recently met with a group from the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. I was asked: What advice would you give our denomination? This can always be a dangerous question to answer, for fear that the response is interpreted as a critique or a list of the current or potential pitfalls. I have great respect for this denomination and they are a leader (in my view) for many other denominations to follow in Canada