Loving Your Labor: Is My Work Misery Or Ministry?
Ken Griffin, (PCA Diretor of Annual Fund)

It’s a beautiful crisp fall Sunday afternoon in the year 2025 and as you recline in your favorite lounge chair reveling in the Cowboys victory or wiping your eyes from your restful nap you begin to sense it... that internal knot that begins to form late each Sunday afternoon signaling the end of an all too short weekend and the cloud of dread forming that ushers in a new work week. You sit there and wonder that nagging question: How did I get here?! 

I’ve got the marriage I hoped for, wonderful kids, a nice home and we’re a part of a great church and yet I just am so unhappy about work. Sounds encouraging doesn’t it? The reality of that scene is that it is unfortunately all too common. According to which statistic you read, anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of Americans don’t like their jobs or even hate their job. No matter how one looks at those statistics, what it says is that people don’t like what they’re doing.  

Most statistics don’t state whether this takes place in or out of the church so chances are that a number of the people you worship with reflect those same sentiments.  

Here’s the great news for you. Since you no doubt don’t want to end up wondering “How did I get here,” you have the opportunity to take the steps to end up saying “I’m glad I’m here!”

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