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Spiritual: September 21, 2016 Issue [#7869]

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 This week: The Spirituality of Work
  Edited by: Sophurky Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Hi, I'm Sophurky Author Icon ~ your editor for this edition of the Spiritual Newsletter.

The Rev. Scotty McLennan, author of the book Finding Your Religion, compares humanity's innate need for spiritual searching to climbing a mountain. In his view, we are all endeavoring to climb the same figurative mountain in our search for the divine, we just may take different ways to get there. In other words, there is one "God," but many paths. I honor whatever path or paths you have chosen to climb that mountain in your quest for the Sacred.
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Letter from the editor

The Spirituality of Work


From a secular perspective, work is the effort we invest in surviving and thriving in the world; the effort we put into obtaining what we need and want - the acquisition of food, shelter, etc. It is the accumulation of security and comfort. Our work is exchanged in the complex economics of trading goods and services; my talent, knowledge and possessions for yours. It might or might not be competitive, but it is focused mostly on one’s own well-being.

From a spiritual perspective, however, work becomes more about cooperation. As our circle of concern expands and we come to care about the well-being of others; my good and yours are mutually inclusive – they are interdependent. We can accomplish infinitely more with teamwork than we could expect to accomplish alone.

A few weeks ago we had most of the roofing on our church replaced. The company who did the work was impressive - a swarm of workers divided up the labor with skill and efficiency, completing the entire project in one day. I try to imagine how long it would have taken one person to do that much work, and I have no doubt that the company is much more profitable (both for the owner and for each individual) as they work together than it would be if they were all working alone, competing for business instead of combining resources. Working together is almost always the most effective strategy.

Such an attitude about work and the community in which we exchange it requires spiritual perspective. Consider the story about three masons at a construction site, lined up at a wall of a new building. A passerby asks each what they’re doing and they answer in turn.

The first says, “What does it look like – I’m laying bricks.”

The second says, “I’m earning a living.”

The third responds, “I’m building a cathedral.”

Obviously, though all three were manipulating bricks and mortar, each of those laborers was doing different work. No matter what work we do, it's all about perspective.



Editor's Picks

Below you'll find some spiritual offerings from other WDC members. Please let the folks know if you read their piece by leaving a thoughtful comment or review. I realize I post mostly poems, but that is because it is tough to find other types of spiritual writing on the site (most are poems). If you have something you would like me to highlight, please do share it with me, thanks!

 
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