WHETHER YOUR WORKPLACE is a windowless cubicle in a high-rise office complex, the back of water buffalo in a rice paddy, or the kitchen table in your apartment, you probaby spend a major portion of your time there. So wherever that place is for you, you deserve to feel productive and happy in it.
This month, several Journal contributors tell how they're learning that satisfaction at work has much more to do with their mental state than with the particular circumstances or frustrations they deal with on the job. In his Starting Point essay, athletic club owner Laury Hammel shows that opportunities for "Christ-moments" are everywhere. Then, in our cover story, human resources expert Madelon Miles goes to the Bible insights that can transform any workplace into holy ground.
Whether you cut your client load in half, as one of our writers did in a flash of inspiration, or discover God's power to sustain you through fulfilling 16-hour days, we hope the ideas in this issue will enlighten your workweek. And one idea that inspires us in our work here is that the light our readers find in these pages will shine through them to brighten their neighbor's circle, or water buffalo, or kitchen table.
