The Office as Purgatory
The show’s creators eventually begin to portray The Office as purgatory rather than hell.

The show’s creators eventually begin to portray The Office as purgatory rather than hell.

Maybe this boss in a galaxy far, far away will actually get it right where others got it wrong.

For creators and the participants both, there lies a danger in loving a story to its own detriment. A perverse love fails to love a story for the good within it, but rather desires it to go on and on, never ending.

I’m always happy to find stories that acknowledge the difficulty of living in community with others and show how we can live out (even in stumbling ways) manners of living peaceably with all.

The Office’s 15th Anniversary is celebrated by an episode of reminiscing about one of the most important sit coms created followed by an appreciation for the recently passed Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami.

Jim and Pam from ‘The Office’ is the subject of discussion as Drew and Tyler host Amanda Wortham to talk about her article about one of TV’s most endearing couples.

The resurrection is not in the feelings or the romance; it’s in the ordinary faithfulness of everyday life.
“But that scene with Pam and Jim reminded me of something more, too, of something that holds my marriage together in spite of my shortcomings.”
Tonight “The Office” ends, but in its conclusion it reminds us that love never fails.
Ben Bartlett gives us 5 reasons he’d rather not work.
Technology is moving us all faster and faster into a new world. We can now get our job done quicker, more efficiently, and with greater ease. But according to Mark Saltzman, it doesn’t have to work in only that direction.
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