When asked what I do, my answer is, "I lead CEO Prayer Groups." (quizzical look ensues and the occasional question, "What?") My somewhat facetious response is, "Yes, because most CEO's don't have a prayer!"
More seriously, I believe that we are all put on this earth for a purpose. My role is to assist others to design their world of work and life in fulfillment of that purpose. To me that conversation and process is truly the highest form of prayer. Well, the conversation goes on from there. For those interested I give some background but the "118" has long since concluded.Many years ago I was introduced to the concept of Business Meetings as Prayer Meetings by Jerry Harvey (Abilene Paradox.) Harvey, very devout in his spiritual life, describes attending a Church Board Meeting where near the conclusion of the meeting, one of the Board Members described how important it was to her personally to come to and participate in these meetings. She described her personal situation including the passing of her husband not long before and other personal travails. As she was in the middle of sharing this information the minister, dutifully playing his perceived role, asked everyone to gather hands and say a meeting concluding prayer. Harvey's pointed comment was that the minister had interrupted the "real prayer" with his version. Harvey's essay on this and the "Last Supper as a Failed Management Team Meeting" can be found in his book "How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed In the Back My Fingerprints are on the Knife".
Work as prayer- what do you think of my "118"? What is yours?