Thursday, August 30, 2012

Virtues At Work

Virtues At Work - Jeff Montgomery - HSI

A tremendous guide to living the holy life exists in the theological and cardinal (or human) virtues. If you'll remember, the theological virtues are faith, hope, and charity, and the human (or cardinal) virtues are temperance, justice, prudence, and fortitude. Living these virtues helps us in all aspects of our life, but I'd like to focus in on how they can help us be holy at work.

I think that work provides us with many challenges in living a holy life. The modern workplace is a constantly changing environment, to the point where there is an entire industry dedicated to helping us learn how to deal with change. (I have several books on my bookshelf about change.) We also must deal with a variety of people during our workday, some of who don't share our beliefs or even our own ideas of what ethical behavior is.  Read on...

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