God goes to the Office

From USA Today-

Jesus instructed his followers not to serve both God and mammon. Buddha taught his followers to abandon all earthly attachments. But in the past few years, a new workplace spirituality movement has proclaimed the exact opposite and seeks to transform capitalism away from narrow materialism. Many wonder whether it will work, but the better question is whether we want our work to be holistic and all-consuming.

According to the workplace spirituality movement, creativity at work is a spiritual process that involves the whole person and not just the intellect or manual skill, and the new class of knowledge workers is devoting more of their time to work because they find deep meaning and a sense of purpose on the job. Today, clergy from various traditions serve as corporate chaplains, and the new faces of spiritual leadership are organizational development consultants who lead employees through creativity-enhancing spiritual practices. Overall, the contemporary workplace is regarded as a community, open to spirituality in the same way that it is hospitable to friendship and love.

A small but significant number of companies make a spiritual connection specifically to the Christian tradition, and owners of these organizations tend to be evangelicals. When founder Truett Cathy faced a business crisis at Chick-fil-A, now a growing fast-food enterprise, he made glorifying God one of the corporation's goals. At Chick-fil-A's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, company meetings sometimes include prayer. Cathy also requires that all his stores be closed on Sunday.

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http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/02/column-god-goes-to-the-office-.html