Telecommuting, e-commuting, e-work, telework, working at home (WAH), or working from home (WFH) is a work. arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours
So says wikipedia (and we all know we can trust everything wiki says).
This past week I’ve been working from home. The sheetrockers have been rocking all week long and since Beth works from home she feels more comfortable with me around. Wouldn’t you? I mean have you seen my biceps?
It’s been nice. I’m completely ahead of my normal weekly schedule which I attribute to not having to deal with all the administrative stuff that goes along with my job.
So I’ve gotten a lot of work done (I mean a lot of work) but still feel the need to clarify in the office that I’m working from home as opposed to working at or on my home. Strange.
My friend Brad even showed me yesterday how to use iChat theater for a remote presentation.
Which means, come Sunday . . .
Randy Wray
November 29th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Ah, the dream.
November 29th, 2007 at 10:56 am
I used to “work” a lot from home when I was in ministry.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Greg I find that hard to believe. Unless of course by “work” you mean sneaking things into the house from the GC.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:40 am
it would be very funny if when sermon time came ’round the congregation would get a remote feed from the preacher sitting at home (or better, out on the golf course) and him presenting a sermon.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Remote sermon? Okay. Remote Communion? Still needs some work.
Hey, I work from home everyday and hardly get anything done.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:47 am
In the corporate world, teleworking is a big thing. We had it available, or I should say the “professionals” had it available, at the government agency I worked for. Secretaries or “nonprofessionals” apparently can’t telework. One of our examiners did a LOT of teleworking; however, it was always suspected that she did laundry, too!
November 29th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Does the working from home / preaching from home practice work for members who build up “comp time” and want to listen to the sermon from the confines of home?
I’m intrigued by the remote communion idea. Wine or grape juice, who would know?
November 29th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
RW: That’s exactly what I meant by “work.”
November 29th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
PS Only I didn’t sneak things from GC into the house. I would sneak them into the rehearsal room at the church, a room to which my wife had no key! The “work” aspect was keeping her free of any key to that room.
December 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
A few years ago I worked for a church that didn’t have a building. The office was in my basement. It got pretty scary after a few months. You figure out you can work in your PJs, then you figure you can shower later in the day instead of first thing in the morning. Next thing you know your sleeping till noon, working all night, and having to be reminded to put on “real clothes” when you go outside. I don’t make a good hermit.