Thomas Moore offers a thought-provoking and wide-ranging overview of one of the most important subjects of our time. The author of Care of the Soul begins with "a crooked tale" of his own meandering career of moving from one interest to another. Moore sees work as a calling to a special destiny. The energy and imaginative velocities of soul are needed to help us make our own world a mirror of what God did in creation.

Moore explores the spiritual dimensions of labor taken from Shaker and monastic models. He urges us to choose work with community in mind and not separate it from the other dimensions of our lives. We can find work that suits us by exploring what we love and desire, by incarnating the courage to be, and by finding something that makes us secure. Moore also takes a hard look at burnout, money and work, the increasing role of technology in the marketplace, and fresh ways of reimagining work. Thomas Moore on Meaningful Work is manna in the wilderness for those looking for ways to invest their jobs with spiritual meaning.