by Bryon Mondok

Created on: June 24, 2008

No one should be made to work on Sundays. And Saturday is a day of rest from ages past. Monday is a terrible day to work because nothing ever seems to go right and traffic is horrible. Tuesday is a decent day to work, but not most preferable because it's hard to get motivated knowing there are still three more days until the weekend. Wednesday is a great day to work since it's in the middle of the week; when the day is over, you're over the hump. Thursday is another good day to work, but it's hard not to get distracted knowing the end of the week is so close. Friday should only be a half day. Let's face it: after a long lunch on Friday, we're all pretty unproductive. If we were honest with the boss, we'd have him send us home. But we need the hours on the paycheck because Friday night is date night.

This is the attitude of most people, both Christians and non-Christians, I know in the work force. Christians should not have to work Sundays, but this preference needs to be clear to the boss before he or she hires the Christian. There are plenty of jobs where Christians who don't want to work Sundays can work. So, no, Christians should not be forced to work Sundays. They can pick an employer that shuts down on the weekends.

I'm a Christian and have worked most Sundays for the past twenty years; sometimes paid, but often unpaid. I'm a minister. I need a day of rest; a family day away from my vocation, but that doesn't have to be and is not biblically mandated to be Sunday. And I don't have to work Sundays, but then, I don't have to be a minister.

Christians in the work place should be the most "under the radar" employees a company can employ. They should be the best workers and the least headache for the boss and fellow employees. Christians don't demand particular days off, they should be the "go-to" workers, dependable, with "can-do" attitudes.

On weekends, the number of available workers decreases drastically. People head to the beach and to the mountains. Company comes over. Kids need to be ferried to little league and soccer matches. People have hangovers. Most of these have little to do with being a Christian, but if Christians don't work Sundays, then who will be "salt and light" at gas stations, pizza parlors, athletic fields and other places that day of the week? If all the Christians are in church and everybody else is out at play, who will reach, witness, serve and represent Christ to those people.

No one is going to make you work on Sunday, Christian, but please do. You're needed.

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