What Faith Looks Like at Work

I follow Jesus.

That’s shaped everything in my life, but rarely in loud or obvious ways. I don’t lead with it. I don’t open meetings with it. I don’t write it into job descriptions or pitch decks. But it’s there—in the background, the framing, the way I try to move through my work.

I’ve worked in a range of settings over the years. Some overtly faith-driven, some not. Right now, I’m fortunate to be part of a company where faith is present—but even then, how it actually shows up is rarely straightforward.

It’s not a label I wear on the outside of my work. It’s more like a gravity I’m trying to live within.

Faith looks like slowing down when I want to push through.
It looks like seeking repair instead of control.
It looks like telling the truth, even when it costs something.
It looks like making decisions I can live with, not just win with.

It’s in how I speak about people when they’re not in the room.
How I respond when someone’s underperforming.
How I make room for limits—mine and others’.
How I steward power and how I name it when it goes sideways.

It doesn’t always look “Christian.” There’s no verse attached to the decisions. No altar call at the bottom of a balance sheet. But I know when I’m aligned—and I know when I’m not.

I don’t always get it right. Sometimes I move too fast. Sometimes I speak too sharply. Sometimes I lose sight of people in the name of progress. But this faith keeps pulling me back—not to perfection, but to presence.

I’m not trying to inject religion into business. I’m just trying to let faith shape the way I lead, build, and show up. Not as a brand. Not as a platform. Just as something real and steady and shaping.

Quiet, but not optional.