Nothing satisfies me more than sharing my faith at work, especially when it has the potential to change the future.

1 Peter 2:1-12 has been a theme passage for my life. Here Peter tells us that we are “like living stones being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

Bono gives us one of the most impressive examples of teamwork. The question is why I too often try to go it alone.

The speaker’s advice, “Sit silently with God,” fits perfectly with the challenge to aright ourselves spiritually: “Decide who Jesus is.”

“Forgive us for the idols we create when fighting for our causes instead of embracing the unity possible through Christ. Thank you for making it possible for us to know peace, to live peace, and to offer your peace to others through Jesus.”

All of us were dead. All who believe in Jesus are alive in him and called to be united in reaching the other dead people with the good news of Jesus. And all means all.

What if we considered Paul’s prayer for restoration central to what we seek in our relationships? What would happen in our neighborhoods, churches, businesses, and in our general approach to people if Paul’s closing reminder was a platform we would live by?

Throughout life we are taught the value of self-sufficiency. But in the church, we discover a different and higher value.

The work of Christ can and must heal our divisions. John Stott points out that a “homogeneous church is a defective church.” He concludes that we must work “penitently and perseveringly towards heterogeneity.”