Comments on: Welcoming the Stranger http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/01/welcoming-the-stranger/ spirituality in the workplace Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Ms. Theologian http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/01/welcoming-the-stranger/#comment-2047 Ms. Theologian Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:42:51 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/01/welcoming-the-stranger/#comment-2047 I think if everyone makes a conscious effort to welcome the stranger, it creates a really nice environment that leads to membership. I think if everyone makes a conscious effort to welcome the stranger, it creates a really nice environment that leads to membership.

]]> By: Comrade Kevin http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/01/welcoming-the-stranger/#comment-2044 Comrade Kevin Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:44:18 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/01/welcoming-the-stranger/#comment-2044 You raise excellent points. I admit that I had pretty much given up on organized religion myself until I stepped into Friends meeting. I had been given the cold shoulders by a wide variety of different Protestant groups and was literally telling myself that if this wasn't the one, then it would be a while before I considered being a member of any faith group again. Lo and behold, I was greeted warmly and friendly by almost everyone. I was utterly shocked. So shocked that I came back the next week, and the week after that, and then eventually I became a firmly convinced Friend myself. When it came time to join, I was asked by the Clearing Committee as to my feedback and I said, "You all need to be commended for your welcoming attitudes towards visitors, because that is clearly something you are doing right". It is often as simple as that. You raise excellent points.

I admit that I had pretty much given up on organized religion myself until I stepped into Friends meeting. I had been given the cold shoulders by a wide variety of different Protestant groups and was literally telling myself that if this wasn’t the one, then it would be a while before I considered being a member of any faith group again.

Lo and behold, I was greeted warmly and friendly by almost everyone. I was utterly shocked. So shocked that I came back the next week, and the week after that, and then eventually I became a firmly convinced Friend myself.

When it came time to join, I was asked by the Clearing Committee as to my feedback and I said, “You all need to be commended for your welcoming attitudes towards visitors, because that is clearly something you are doing right”.

It is often as simple as that.

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