The Life on Purpose blog asks the question, “why don’t you talk about your faith at work?”
In my personal experience, as well as interviewing hundreds of people of faith, I have found several possible reasons:
• Other so-called Christians have ruined it for us with their poor workplace ethic or hollow “God-Talk”
• Our own faith is weak and we let expletives fly or we talk poorly about customers, coworkers or managers.
• We simply don’t have the knowledge to share with confidence.
Michele, the author of the post, talks about when she “came out” and told others about her faith at work. “Many of my coworkers were shocked I was a Christian,” she recalls.
And then she wonders about the reason for that shock. Was it her behavior or perhaps a misconception about the intelligence of people of faith. For modern workplace Christians, the vast majority continue to keep their faith undercover. How can we enpower ourselves and millions of others, to live out their faith at home, at church, and at the workplace?
Read the whole post here.
Alhambra Fortress Window photo by L.L. Barkat. Post written by David Rupert.
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I decided to create a vision board for 2009. It is a visual representation of my goals that I keep behind my computer. As it is quite large, it is very visible to everyone. The people in the office have all stopped to look at it and have all asked what all the various images symbolise. My spiritual aspirations are also part of the board and these have generated the most discussion. I am thankful that God has opened this door for me to share just how much He means to my everyday existence.
Claire, I think that is a great idea for bringing your faith into the workplace because it puts your faith in context of your whole self. That’s where we often fall down in my opinion. We turn our faith into some kind of sales pitch.
But faith isn’t a sales pitch. It is a relationship.
first and foremost our salvation (blessing) is for us to show and share God’s love to our people. I really believe on us being our brother’s keepers especially those who are not of the fold yet. and they can be your neiughbors, workmates and friends. Far be it that I can’t be recognized as a Christian. let it be our Goal to make know his name through our lives. Let it be our GOAL for our lives to be Open Books for others to read and for them in return glorify God who is in heaven.
I really just wanna say, IT IS VITAL that we live like a Christian should live: that way we no longer need to just tell them that we are. our actions will speak for themselves.
Agreed, Mikes! “It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.” – Judith Martin (Miss Manners)
Ideally when we tell someone we’ve spent some time around that we’re Christian, they’ll respond with a “no kidding” look. And in practice, it’s a wonderful bar to strive to meet.
Thanks for highlighting this post, David. It’s an age-old question that lacks simple solutions.