Article April 22, 2002 ISSUE

Prayer on the job can relieve stress

Jane M. Von Bergen

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"In a nation where 80 percent of the adults who responded to a recent Gallup poll said they believed they had a personal relationship with God, it is not surprising that [many workers] pray on the job or about their work.

"Some pray for wisdom; some pray for clients, coworkers and patients. Some pray alone at a desk, in a chapel, or even ducking into a bathroom stall. 'It is like a little room, and then you can say anything that you want to the God who is everywhere,' said... Rosemary Miller, a secretary.

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