Women, Faith, Work, and Ministry

"It is the business of the Church to recognize that the secular vocation, as such, is sacred. Christian people...must get it firmly in there heads that when a man or woman is called to a particular job of secular work, that is as true a vocation as though he or she were called to specifically religious work. The Church must concern Herself not only with such questions as the just price and proper working conditions: She must concern Herself with seeing that the work itself is such as a human being can perform without any degradation-that no one is required by economic or any other considerations to devote himself to work that is contemptable, soul destroying, or harmful...He must be able to serve God in his work, and the work itselrf must be accepted and respected as the medium of divine creation."

Dorothy Sayers, Creed & Chaos (Why Work?)
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