Stop Trying to Integrate Faith into Your Work

Max DePree was for many years the CEO of the Herman Miller furniture company. He was also a devout Christian who wrote some excellent books on leadership. And he was a friend who mentored me on important topics, including the theology of work. While having lunch together one day, after a morning of theological discussion, Max mentioned that he had to prepare a talk that afternoon for an evening with some Christians in the local business community. “I’m going to tell them that I really don’t like the question they asked to me to talk about.”  I asked him what the question was and he responded: “Well, they want me to talk about how to integrate their faith into their work, and I am going say that they have things turned around. “That’s like asking how we can integrate our marriages into our sex lives.” Of course, Max was just…