{"id":453,"date":"2010-04-30T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/subversive-sharing-why-dont-we-talk-about-our-faith-at-work\/"},"modified":"2010-04-30T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T16:23:00","slug":"subversive-sharing-why-dont-we-talk-about-our-faith-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/subversive-sharing-why-dont-we-talk-about-our-faith-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Subversive sharing: Why don’t we talk about our faith at work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

What are we afraid of?<\/p>\n

The modern mantra is\u00a0that the workplace should be \u201cinclusive.\u201d We have heard repeatedly that America\u2019s \u201cstrength is its diversity.\u201d However, in the rush to purge racism and prejudice from our world, faith, normal opinion and discourse are unwittingly muzzled. <\/p>\n

Who would have guessed that religious discussion would one day be labeled hate speech<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Surely our forefathers would have objected. They firmly believed in the power of the public square of discussion. The founders of our nation let public discourse run wild with the belief that truth would ultimately triumph over any kind of personal offense.<\/div>\n

They gathered in homes, in taverns, in the courtyards, and in the workplace to discuss the news of the day, delving into the deep and philosophical with a balanced dose of the trite and whimsical. Nothing was off limits. Religion, sex and politics took up much time around the light of the lantern. <\/p>\n

Today, since those subjects are off limits, we are left to banter about the weather and the latest reality TV show.<\/p>\n

Christians are in a quandary. We know the divine imperative to live out our faith. We know that living out our faith involves talking about our faith. And we know something is not right about hiding who we are. Many of us try to walk the middle ground by dropping code words like \u201chigher power\u201d and \u201cthe man upstairs.\u201d We display cozy spiritual things like rainbows and angels. But they fall short, because they don\u2019t do a thing to help the human condition of those around us.<\/p>\n

I struggle with the sneaky approach to talking about my faith.. It\u2019s like wrapping a large dog pill in a piece of bacon just so he\u2019ll gobble it down. That\u2019s not the right approach.<\/p>\n

Do you talk about your faith at work? Comment here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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