As another Labor Day approaches, America’s workers are anxious about their future. Government firings, robots and A.I. replacing humans, paychecks not keeping up with the cost of food and rents, these leave workers feeling unappreciated as well as pessimistic. Let’s reflect on the virtues of work and the role it plays in the cultivation of the soul.
 

Rev. Dr. Barry Andrews is Minister Emeritus of the UU Congregation at Shelter Rock on Long Island. He and his wife, Linda, now live on Bainbridge Island. He is the author of several books on Transcendentalism and Transcendentalist authors, most recently, The Gospel According to This Moment: The Spiritual Message of Henry David Thoreau, published by the University of Massachusetts Press.