Flotsam and jetsam (Labor Day edition)

To celebrate Labor Day, here are some of the more interesting recent blog posts from around the internet on the theme of work and labor.

• A Slate.com article addresses the question, Why Do We Get Labor Day Off?
• James McGrath offers some thoughts on Christianity, Economics, and Social Justice.
• Michael Roth reflects on Labor Day and the Start of the Semester.
• Scot McKnight offers an essay on Seeing Through our Work to the Mountains and Beyond.
• Peter Laarman discusses The Religious Challenge in a Shattered Job Market.
• Tim Challies calls on us to Protect the Dignity of Labor.
• Ken Adelman offers us some Labor Day Reflections by William Shakespeare.