This book of bite-sized mini-essays quiets the frenzy that seems to have all of us working longer and enjoying life less. It reminds us that in order to support our strong work ethic -- not to mention our performance -- we need to refresh ourselves. this is the perfect book for those who work hard, yet are looking to find a balance between work and the rest of life. Book jacket.

J. Walker Smith has been a noted observer of social trends for a decade at Yankelovich Partners Inc. He is co-author of Rocking the Ages: The Yankelovich Report on Generational Marketing. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Robert K. Johnston is Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lives in Pasadena, California.

A Word from Rob

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A Word from Walker

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BALANCE

A Renaissance Life

1

(1)

Work and Eggs

2

(1)

A Breath of Everything

3

(1)

Work, Tennis, and Family

4

(1)

Sleep In

5

(1)

Constant Motion

6

(1)

The Toll of Kindness

7

(1)

Giving Until It Feels Good

8

(1)

Stealing from Ourselves

9

(2)

Striking a Chord

11

(1)

The Seventh Day

12

(1)

Join the Dance

13

(1)

A 29.8-Hour Day

14

(2)

Step Off the Gas

16

(2)

Too Much of a Good Thing

18

(2)

TIME

Always on the Clock

20

(1)

Nature Abhors a Vacuum

21

(2)

The Riches of Time

23

(2)

Time-Saving Gadgets

25

(1)

To Do Nothing

26

(1)

WORK

Saving My Bumper

27

(3)

Keeping Up

30

(1)

A Larger Calling

31

(1)

The End of the Road

32

(2)

In the Black, and Blue

34

(1)

The Longest Short Kiss

35

(1)

What's an 8-Hour Day?

36

(1)

In Plain View

37

(2)

Coming Back to Life

39

(1)

LIVING

Discovering the Dance

40

(1)

Simple Satisfactions

41

(1)

A Reverent Rhythm

42

(1)

My Front Porch

43

(2)

A Family Awakening

45

(1)

Double Duty

46

(1)

Putting Down Stakes

47

(2)

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

49

(1)

Stepping Over People

50

(1)

Risking Life

51

(2)

Re-Told Tales

53

(2)

The Best Medicine

55

(1)

Damn Lies & Statistics

56

(3)

To Thine Own Self Be True

59

(3)

PLAY

Observe Your Play

62

(1)

A Good Game Spoiled

63

(1)

Fun If I Have To

64

(2)

The Art of the Frivolous

66

(1)

Posted: No Trespassing

67

(2)

The Cleansing Power of Vacations

69

(3)

To Play, To Live

72

(1)

Turn Off Your Cell Phone

73

(1)

SPIRITUALITY

Spirituality in the Mainstream

74

(2)

Remember Your Calling

76

(1)

Something Beyond

77

(1)

Body and Soul

78

(1)

A Leap of Faith

79

(2)

The Gift of Grace

81

(1)

WHOLENESS

More Than a Temporary Escape

82

(1)

Wiping Off the Game Face

83

(2)

Why Miss a Nice Day?

85

(2)

Space for Life

87

(1)

After Midnight

88

(3)

Seeking the Stillness

91

(2)

EMPOWERMENT

Doing One Thing

93

(1)

An End to Forgetting

94

(2)

Romanticizing the Past

96

(2)

Time Better Spent

98

(1)

Searching for Simplicity

99

(2)

Bonus Years

101

(1)

STRENGTH

Life Is Too Important

102

(1)

Looking a Hero in The Face

103

(1)

The Gift of Discipline

104

(2)

JOY

Dancing Over Decorum

106

(1)

A Time to Laugh

107

(1)

Made By Hand

108

(2)

Lingering with Good Friends

110

(2)

Purposeful Play

112

(1)

STRESS

Free to Play

113

(3)

Chronic Stress

116

(1)

Public Health Enemy Number One

117

(3)

MATERIALISM

Relative Wealth

120

(1)

Priorities Not Prudence

121

(1)

A Richer Currency of Life

122

(3)

Lots of Less

125

(1)

The Whole Person

126

(2)

I Shop Therefore I Am

128

(2)

The Obligations of Ownership

130

(1)

A New Hope

131

(3)

Losing to Win

134

(1)

Two Classes

135

(2)

The New American Dream

137

(2)

REPOSE

The Pursuit of Happiness

139

(1)

A Quiet Intersection

140

(2)

Time Alone

142

(2)

Forty Winks

144

(2)

Let's Do Lunch

146

(2)

WONDER

A New Perspective

148

(1)

In Harmony with the Whole

149

(2)

The View From Nankoweap

151

(2)

NURTURE

Every Little Bit Counts

153

(1)

Coming Home

154

(2)

A Richly Textured Life

156

(2)

Unrehearsed

158

(1)

Wake Up!

159

(1)

HAPPINESS

Chasing Happiness

160

(2)

The Price of Perfection

162

(1)

Famously Obscure

163

(2)

Good Works

165

(2)

Planting Gardenias by the Dozens

167

(2)

The Family Taste Test

169

(2)

AUTHENTICITY

A Summer Lesson

171

(2)

Doing What We Say

173

(1)

Bringing Work Home

174

(2)

Built on Rock

176

(3)

Changing to Stay the Same

179

(3)

Doing Something with Ourselves

182

(1)

INTEGRITY

All Over with the Shouting

183

(2)

Grounded

185

(1)

Cheating Ourselves

186

(2)

Funny Business

188

(3)

COMMUNITY

A Worldwide Whistle-Stop

191

(1)

Only One Thing

192

(1)

The Main Course

193

(2)

Safety in Numbers

195

(3)

Engaged in Sports

198

(1)

Time for Friends

199

(2)

Keeping Connected

201

(2)

A Deeper Dialogue

203

(2)

Hands-On Healing

205

(2)

The Give-Away

207

(1)

FULFILLMENT

A Third Choice

208

(2)

The Power of Imagination

210

(2)

A Question of Belief

212

(2)

The Times of My Life

214

(3)

Sunsets

217

(1)

Prepared for Prayer

218

(1)

Reverence for Life

219

(2)

Bibliography

221

(9)

Acknowledgments

230

(4)

About the Authors

234

(2)

About the Press

236

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Chapter One

A RENAISSANCE LIFE

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power of judgment. Go some distance away because a lack of harmony or proportion is more readily seen.--Leonardo da Vinci

Such wise advice this is--from Leonardo da Vinci no less, the prodigious polymath of the Italian Renaissance. Painter, sculptor, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, biologist, geologist, physicist, architect, philosopher, humanist. His legacy of work inspires us yet today. Did he ever rest? Well, he certainly believed that balance, too, is a supreme accomplishment, if not the most sublime. This archetypal Renaissance man believed that work suffers, indeed, is inharmonious and out of all proportion, if not tempered by some distance and relaxation. The genius of da Vinci's counsel is not simply that work should be paralleled by life, but rather that without a life, work itself is compromised.

Excerpted from LIFE IS NOT WORK, WORK IS NOT LIFE by Robert K. Johnston and J. Walker Smith. Copyright © 2001 by Robert K. Johnston and J. Walker Smith. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.