V. THE FALSE IDOL OF BALANCE

The culture speaks of “work-life balance” as if life and work are separate, as if one is sacred and the other profane. This dualism is a fiction. In Hebrew, the word for work is עֲבוֹדָה (avodah)—the same word for worship. This is no accident.

We reject the artificial separation of “work” and “life.” Work is not a burden. It is a stage on which we enact meaning. Work is not the opposite of life. It is the expression of life.

What we require is not balance, but a life of coherence, where vocation and identity blend as one. We must redesign work not for the convenience of the institution, but for the wholeness of the human. In doing so, we redeem that work is worship, and that a profession can be a path to flourishing.