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... Two such writers, Dorothy Sayers and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi write about work very differently, but strangely they agree on some points concerning work. Sayers thinks about how work can please God and how you serve God while Csikszentmihalyi thinks of work in terms of perfecting it and creating flow. ... Mostly Sayers and Csikszentmihalyi speak about leisure and vocation. ...
Sayers suggests leisure is a period of changed rhythm or a period of refreshment (193). Sayers looks at leisure only from the stand point that it is necessary in order to continue with work (193). Leisure should be looked on as a distraction from work so that work does not become so tedious that either production or interest drops (Sayers 193). Since religion has always looked down upon “idle hands”, Sayers possibly has a slightly negative view on leisure. ... But the fact that Sayers calls leisure a distraction from work and chooses that negative of a word illustrates her views on the subject. ...
Because Sayers deals a lot with how you please God, she views vocation a little differently then say a strictly secular writer. Sayers says that the quality of your work depends on how much you please God (195). Obviously jobs as holy men would be the best vocation according to Sayers. However, Sayers also says that “the only truly Christian work is work done well” (195). ... However I think Sayers would favor someone answering the vocation of the fatherhood since that would add more herders to God’s “flock”. ... I don’t really agree with Sayers for the main reason that we don’t exactly know what pleases God.
Approximate Word count = 1303
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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