Recently a friend and I were discussing our growth and goals in Christian Science. Our conversation turned naturally to church and our part in its progress, finally dwelling on the problems of apathy and lack of motivation in church work.
My friend, who used to be a manager in a large banking institution, said that those in management continually review the progress each worker is making. Many employees reach a point where they are content with their particular level of achievement; they have no real desire to expand their talents and to progress. This static state in an individual's career has been dubbed "the comfort zone."
Not only is the comfort zone unhealthy for any business organization and its employees, but it is also a dangerous mental state for members of the Church of Christ, Scientist; for "comfort zone" is just a new name for an old ailment of mortal mind: apathy, lethargy, dullness. And I wondered, as my friend talked, whether I had let myself slip into this subtle, nonprogressive, nonproductive comfort zone in regard to church work. Was my commitment to church and to God a wholehearted commitment?
