Our two border collies often remind me of the connection between satisfying work and energizing joy. Although our pets are past their prime, they behave like pups when the opportunity arises to do their “work” . . .
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I ran across a blog of fellow who had just discovered the 1947 movie The Bishop’s Wife, a must-see Christmas movie for my wife and me every year along with It’s a Wonderful Life. David Niven plays the bishop, Cary Grant plays the angel, and Loretta Young plays the bishop’s wife. The story line not only confronts the commercialization of Christmas but interestingly of the church as well. Like many “religious professionals” the bishop, Henry Brougham, lost track of what the church was really supposed to be about, not building buildings, but building people. Having spend half of my work life inside a church, I know how easy it is to get caught up in the machinery of church business (what happens inside the church) to the neglect of helping people live their faith out in the world where they live Monday through Saturday—mainly in the workplace for most folks. The Bishop’s Wife is a great reminder of how this misfocus can poison both ministries and relationships, not only commercializing the faith, but commoditizing people as well. See Steve’s blog and a clip of the movie at http://norrisadvisors.blogspot.com/.
