The office?

How is the Christian to live out his faith at work? In the Middle Ages, religious callings — monks, nuns, friars, the priesthood — were regarded as the really spiritual option. Everyone else had to make do with an ordinary job, which made them distinctly second-rate in religious terms. One of the great benefits of the Reformation was to eradicate this secular/religious divide and recognise the inherent value of all kinds of work, to be carried out in a godly manner as to Christ.

Robert Strivens