Dear LFTP 1: loud coworkers, the joining-in manager, and the Psalm 126 follow-up
- How should employees handle loud, disruptive coworkers whose manager joins in?
Mike reads the first Dear LFTP letter: a shared workspace where one department talks nonstop about non-work topics, and their manager joins in rather than correcting them — the writers are desperate for a reasonable work setting. Advice: you're not a combat medic digging fiber holes; take it as a group to the supervisor above the managers; noise-canceling headphones; or look for another job. The Secular answer: discuss accommodations with whoever supervises the managers, get headphones, or change companies. A quiz callback follows: the hosts revisit Psalm 126 — could David have written an exile psalm? One of the songs of ascent, with genuine authorship contention; "Selah."
More on Psalms
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Is modern Christianity biased toward a personality type?
- Is modern Christianity (its sermons and worship music) biased toward a certain personality type?
A host asks whether what churches teach, focus on, and sing is biased toward a certain personality type — prompted by emotive worship lyrics (the 'sloppy wet kiss' line in a…
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Why do we even read the Psalms?
- Why do we even read the Psalms?
Mike (speaker-0) asks why we read the Psalms: coming off Job, he is confused whether he is supposed to agree with David's complaints, since Job was rebuked for making the same arguments.
From No. 219 · Why Read the Psalms?
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Chat question: did God knit each of us for a specific purpose?
- Did God knit each of us together in the womb for a specific purpose?
A chat question asks whether God knit everyone together in the womb for a specific purpose (Psalm 139).
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How do the 20 engage the 80? Soft vs hard messages
- How should the active 20% engage the less-active 80% without judgment or baggage?
Returning to substance, the hosts ask how the active 20% should engage the 80% - take them by the hand, or let God do his job?
From No. 24 · Sittin' In Your Own Pew (And Doin' Nothing Else)