Stay posted for a series on leisure and the Gospel - the definition of true rest - whether we work too hard (or not hard enough) at IHOP and other such goodness.
It should be rolling out in less than a week...drum roll please...
As a teaser - I have this question...
Does the average intercessory missionary work more or less hours than the average American worker? (we are including prayer room time in the numbers).
If more, by how many hours - if less - the same.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
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are you going to be sharing from thomas dubay's series? have you read 'leisure: the basis of culture' by josef pieper? i'm looking fwd to your thoughts!! this is a topic i LOVE and think REALLY needs to be addressed more at ihop.
haven't read them - but i'll get them from the library this week.
thanks for the tip!
the thomas dubay series is actually a tape series that he did 10 years ago. it's called 'integrating work and a deep prayer life.' at one time you could buy it on amazon but i'm not sure where you'd get it now? I don't know if the library would have it or not... but it's awesome!!! :)
I think it varies greatly among intercessory missionaries, but I would guess that they tend to work more. A full-time intercessory missionary here is committed to 48 hours on their sacred trust, after-all. That would be at least 8 hours of overtime in a normal job. And if you throw conference weeks into the mix (and extra PR hours for GBF), I'd say we work a great deal more than the average 40 weekly hours.
So... comparing full-time to full-time, I'd definitely say more. By AT LEAST 8 hours. (But realistically, more than that, even.)
I know I definitely work more than I did before moving here. Probably around 30 hours more every week. Wow, that's kind of scary.
I'm with Christine--if you're looking at a full-time intercessory missionary who's actually doing their Sacred Trust, that person would be doing more hours than America's standard work week. Assuming I'm still even remotely in touch with what the average American worker does.
But the perk is we get to spend most of it praying, so although it's labor, it's also profoundly edifying... And the pay is way better (eventually) :)
Thanks for responding - the numbers will make in all very clear once I post them.
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