Good Thoughts on Work from David Miller

From The Last Taboo: An Interview with David Miller

Emphasis mine in the quotes below. Note especially Miller's comments on why there is this movement and also how the Church approaches the subject of work and vocation. I didn't realize I was part of a movement, but hey, I'm in!

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Under a God and Business cover story headline, Fortune magazine reported in 2001 that a “groundswell of believers” is breaching “the last taboo in corporate America.”

If it’s true, if faith is the final unmentionable, then David Miller, executive director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture, is smack in the breach. From his spot in the overlap of academia, business, and the church, he is turning up the talk in all three circles . . . urging leaders to begin to integrate the claims of faith with the demands of the marketplace—at bare minimum to start to think about it.
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What is behind the movement?

A deep desire by men and women no longer to compartmentalize their lives and parts of their days as did our generation and older. For us, work and play were two different worlds: “Work hard, play hard.” Baby Boomers have come to see that as an unhealthy way to live. Not only that, but it robs our careers of powerful resources. Generations coming along after us—GenX and the Millennials—won’t have it. A guy who wears an earring on the weekend wants to wear it at work too. “Why should I take it off? That’s who I am.” People are saying,“my faith is part of who I am. Why should I leave it in the parking lot when I go to work? My faith helps me shape, filter, and interpret my world.”

Where is the Church in the faith-at-work movement?

The Church generally shies from the topic, and our divinity schools and seminaries are no better. Fewer than 10 percent of regular churchgoers, surveys say, can remember the last time their pastor preached on the topic of work. When he or she did preach on work, inevitably the tone was critical—if not hostile—and painted all business people as greedy and uncaring. Seldom do pastors honor the work world as a place for parishioners to live out their high calling. Whether you’re a secretary or a CEO, people in the pews seldom hear from the pulpit that God has a plan that includes your work, and that your faith can help inform how you approach your work.
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According to the article, David’s forthcoming book, God at Work (Oxford University Press, 2006), studies the growth, dynamics, and future of the faith-at-work movement.  Hmm...same main title as Veith's book. Added to my Amazon wishlist...