Inside Work

Beyond Conferences, podcasts, and networking groups.

There is no shortage of faith-and-work communities. (listen here)

There are conferences, networking groups, podcasts, retreats, fellowships, professional associations, and online communities dedicated to helping people integrate their faith and their work.

I’m grateful for many of them.

I’ve learned from them, been encouraged by them, and benefited from the relationships they make possible.

But lately I’ve found myself wondering about something else.

What is happening inside our workplaces?

Not adjacent to work.

Not after work.

Not around work.

Inside work.

Inside the companies, hospitals, government agencies, schools, nonprofits, enterprises, and organizations where people spend most of their waking hours.

Over the years, I’ve occasionally caught glimpses of it.

A colleague quietly asking another colleague for prayer.

A conversation that unexpectedly turns toward faith during a family crisis.

A few coworkers gathering during a moment of national tragedy.

Someone trying to hold fast to their integrity when compromise would be easier.

People celebrating answered prayers, grieving losses, navigating illness, caring for aging parents, supporting struggling children, wrestling with difficult decisions, and encouraging one another along the way.

Most of these moments never appear on a company calendar.

Many never become formal groups.

Yet I suspect they are far more common than most people realize.

Which raises a question:

While we’ve invested significant energy creating communities around work, what communities, conversations, and relationships are quietly taking shape inside the workplace itself?

And if they are there, what do they need?

Because encouragement is important.

Connection is important.

Community is important.

But eventually every community asks a deeper question:

How do we faithfully live out our faith where God has actually placed us?

For many people, that place is the workplace.

Not for an hour on Sunday.

Not at a conference.

Not during a retreat.

Forty, fifty, or more hours each week in the environments where decisions are made, relationships are formed, influence is exercised, and character is tested.

Which makes me wonder whether some of the most significant opportunities for discipleship, spiritual formation, and witness are already sitting inside our organizations, largely unnoticed.

Not because nothing is happening.

But because much of it happens quietly.

One conversation at a time.

One relationship at a time.

One act of courage, compassion, integrity, generosity, or faithfulness at a time.

If that’s true, then perhaps the question is not whether workplace faith communities exist.

Perhaps the question is how we can better encourage, equip, and support the people already carrying this work forward.

I’d love to learn more.

If you’re part of a workplace faith community, formal or informal, I’d love to hear about it.

Maybe it’s an employee resource group.

Maybe it’s a prayer gathering.

Maybe it’s a lunchtime Bible study.

Maybe it’s a Slack channel, Teams group, or internal chat community.

Maybe it’s simply a few colleagues who have found one another and chosen to walk through life together.

Please send me a private message.

I’m interested in learning what is already happening inside organizations today, what challenges these communities face, and what support might help them flourish.

To support this effort, I’ve reserved space on my calendar over the coming months for workplace faith communities.

If you’re in the New York City area, I’d be glad to facilitate a lunch-and-learn conversation for your group.

If you’re outside New York City, I’d be happy to host a virtual session.

My goal is simple: to listen, learn, encourage, and equip those who are already doing the work of living out their faith where they spend most of their waking hours.

The more I look, the more I suspect that some of the most meaningful faith-and-work stories aren’t happening around the workplace.

They’re happening inside it. I’m La’Treall Maddox, of Ox & Maven.

Thank you for reading (listening).

If you’re part of a workplace faith community, formal or informal, I’d love to hear from you.

Send me a private message on LinkedIn or connect with me through www.oxandmaven.com

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