“Our work - whether paid or not, drudgery or a joy, skilled or common - makes a difference. Done well, it adds truth, beauty, and goodness to the world. It pushes back the darkness.” Work Book:Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep Source: Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“Our work weaves us together as a human race, dependent and interconnected. All of us rely on the work of others. We count on those who are often nameless and invisible to us. One Anglican night prayer reads: 'Watch over those, both night and day, who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never forget that our common life depends upon each other's toil; through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Work Author:Tish Harrison Warren
“We grow in holiness in the honing of our specific vocation. We can't be holy in the abstract. Instead we become a holy blacksmith or a holy mother or a holy physician or a holy systems analyst. We seek God in and through our particular vocation and place in life. Each kind of work is therefore its own kind of craft that must be developed over time, both for our own sanctification and for the good of the community. As we seek to do our work well and hone our craft, we are developed and honed in our work. Our task is not to somehow inject God into our work but to join God in the work he is already doing in and through our vocational lives. Therefore, holiness itself is something like a craft—not an abstract state to which we ascend but an earthy wisdom and love that is part and parcel of how we spend our day.” JobsWorkHolinessGood WorkVocationSanctificationCraftsmanshipPractical Theology Book:Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life Source: Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life