Work
98 conversations where the hosts get into work.
98 conversations
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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.
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Dear LFTP: the rain cloud and the value of work
- How can I get out from under this rain cloud at work - do I want too much out of life?
Mike reads the second letter: a woman in her early thirties, happy in marriage and new house, but miserable in high-stress tech marketing - 'How can I get out from under this rain cloud?
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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Dear LFTP: the boss who assigns personal errands to his only employee
- How do I refuse my boss's personal errands without losing her job?
The second Dear LFTP letter: a single mom of two, the only other employee in a small office, says her boss increasingly assigns personal tasks unrelated to the business — the…
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Dear LFTP: the paramedic's overtime fight
- How do I address my wife pushing me to work more overtime while spending her own vacation without me, without starting a fight?
A paramedic writes that his wife pushes him to pick up twelve-hour shifts while taking none herself, citing housework, and spends her vacation at theme parks without him.
From No. 516 · Pastor Rico Suave
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Dear LFTP: the 28-year-old influencer daughter
- Should we charge our 28-year-old daughter rent, and how do we get her to become more social and move forward in life?
Mike (speaker-1) reads a Dear LFTP letter from a mother whose 28-year-old daughter moved home during COVID, works nominally as an influencer and content creator, pays no rent, never leaves her room, and avoids doctors.
From No. 493 · Charlatan Kings
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Dear LFTP: Earl quietly hangs up
- Must a 76-year-old woman stay silent about Earl quietly hanging up on her?
A 76-year-old woman writes that her son's best friend Earl, 55, who does small jobs for her and emails with her, quietly hangs up the phone when she gets long-winded — never mentioning it afterward.
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Church charity and the discernment line
- Is it wrong for a church to ask help-seekers to attend a service before giving aid?
Mike reads 2 Thessalonians 3:9-11 — "if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat" — and the hosts revisit the Canadian church that offers a grocery gift card to help-seekers…
From No. 452 · False Teachers and Freeloaders
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Pushback: boundaries, ultimatums, and an active gospel
- Is it ever right to set an ultimatum, or is the line a boundary?
The hosts part company with the article's closing hyper-spiritualization, arguing the gospel already spoke clearly in Proverbs so the sluggard does not need a special revelation to get up and work.
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When to leave a situation you keep failing in instead of fighting through it
- Is it ever right to leave a situation you keep sinning in rather than fighting through it?
- Is resisting temptation more holy than avoiding it?
A host lays out a years-long struggle: he keeps sinning in the same way at work, reacting with pride to people with authority, and asks whether at some point the godly move is to…
From No. 440 · Redeem or Reject
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Dear LFTP: should I go back to work?
- My father and my husband disagree about whether I should go back to work — how do I handle them both?
A Dear LFTP letter asks for advice: the writer moved in with her grandma, lost her job due to health conditions that make COVID dangerous, and her father and husband disagree about whether she should return to work.
From No. 433 · The Heavy
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Dear LFTP: the boyfriend who answered his son's job-interview questions
- Is it weird for a parent to accompany their teen into a job interview and answer for them?
The last letter: a woman's boyfriend of eleven years accompanied his 16-year-old son into a job interview and answered the questions for him; she says parents don't do that, he says she's being critical.
From No. 428 · Old Church Ideas
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Dear LFTP: quitting the job without calling out the boss
- How can I quit my job and exit without calling out my bad boss as the reason for leaving?
A second letter: a man at a small Colorado company is quitting soon to live simply and asks how to exit without naming his boss as the reason when asked.
From No. 427 · Wasting Time & Leaving Christianity
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Dear LFTP: the husband's best friend who won't leave
- My husband's best friend moved in with us after a divorce, works part-time fast food with no degree or car, and shows no ambition to leave — how can I improve this situation?
A Dear LFTP letter from a woman supporting all three people in her household: her husband's best friend moved in after a bad divorce, works part-time fast food with no degree or car, aspires to nothing more, and may never leave.
From No. 410 · Robert E. Lee Stained Glass & Freeloaders
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Dear LFTP: the Michigan sweater problem
- My coworker's college-football rivalry obsession is affecting the workplace — should I recommend counseling?
Dear LFTP, letter two. A listener is afraid to wear his maize-and-blue Michigan sweater to work because an Ohio coworker is obsessively hostile about the Michigan–Ohio State rivalry, demanding everyone say 'the M state.'
From No. 396 · Pet Pastoring and Confounded on Dear LFTP
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Dear LFTP: night-shift discrimination
- Is it discrimination when I'm always scheduled for night shifts?
A listener letter asks whether being scheduled for four night shifts a week while younger coworkers get days is age discrimination.
From No. 388 · Allie Crummy and Video Game Jesus
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Dear LFTP: the laid-off IT worker and the handyman dream
- I am 58, laid off from IT, and want to start a handyman business, but my wife insists I find another IT job for the benefits and will not go full-time herself. How do I raise this without an argument?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a 58-year-old IT professional laid off a year ago: he can't find IT work, wants to start a handyman business, but his wife insists he find…
From No. 360 · Divided We Thrive
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Dear LFTP: bariatric surgery and the new job
- I had bariatric (gastric sleeve) surgery five months ago - should I tell my new employer or HR about the operation?
A listener had gastric-sleeve surgery five months ago, left her old job over changed treatment, and does not want her new employer or coworkers to know; her boyfriend says tell HR in case of medical issues.
From No. 357 · Operation Christmas Trouble
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Dear LFTP: the 34-year-old living with his father
- How should a 34-year-old living with his verbally abusive father handle his building rage?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a 34-year-old unemployed man living with his verbally abusive 76-year-old father, whose building rage makes him want to tell his dad off.
From No. 356 · Hide It Under A Bush
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Dear LFTP: unpaid internships for a college junior
- Why do companies respond to a college junior's summer job applications with unpaid internship offers instead of paying him?
A mother calling local businesses for her college-junior son asks why companies respond with unpaid internship offers instead of paying.
From No. 346 · God and Hamilton
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Dear LFTP: single mother working two to three jobs
- Has a single mother working two to three jobs made a mistake by working so much that her young son has grown distant?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a 29-year-old single mother: her ex chose partying over fatherhood, custody was hard-won, she works two or three jobs, and her six-year-old has stopped calling her 'mommy.'
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Dear LFTP — the kid forced to work the family store
- My parents make me work in their store for free — what should I do?
A young listener writes that six months ago his parents opened a store and now make him work weekends and after school until 6pm, unpaid and strict; he wants out but fears punishment.
From No. 338 · Following the News
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Dear LFTP: law-firm runner stuck tipping 10%
- How can I signal to the cashier that I would tip more than the instructed 10% if it were my own money?
A listener who runs errands for a law firm is instructed to tip only 10% on takeout lunch orders with the firm's money and wants a way to signal she would tip more.
From No. 324 · Guppies and Pumpkins
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Dear LFTP: workplace greeting etiquette
- Who should greet whom first when a coworker arrives at the workplace?
The hosts take a listener question on who should greet whom first when a coworker arrives at work. They debate "the interrupter acknowledges" theory vs. simply being normal and…
From No. 294 · The Permanent ESV
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Dear LFTP: the milk-drinking houseguests
- How do I politely tell my friend that her kids drinking all our milk is taking it too far?
A single parent working 70 hours a week asks how to tell her friend Sarah that she and her two kids helping themselves to endless milk refills is too much.
From No. 281 · Honesty in Christian Music