Hey, friend, welcome to the Mere Christians podcast. I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians? Those of us who aren't pastors or

religious professionals, but who work as surgeons, personal trainers, and judges.

That's the question we explore every week, and today I'm posing it to Shannon Doss.

She's a social worker and licensed mental health therapist at California online public schools.

But today, she's just speaking for herself personally, and her views are, of course, in no way reflective of her employer.

Shannon and I recently sat down for a terrific conversation about how to ensure that you are not stealing from your employer in discrediting your witness when you're working from home.

We talked about how Shannon's repentance about gossip at work led to some pretty remarkable changes in a workplace culture.

And we talked about why you should consider following your pain rather than your passions

as you make career decisions.

I loved this conversation.

I'm confident you will too.

Please enjoy this conversation with my new friend, Shannon Doss.

Hey, Shannon Doss.

Welcome to the Mirr Christians podcast. Thanks for having me. I'm excited you're here. Hey, I Doss, welcome to the Mir Christians podcast.

Thanks for having me.

I'm excited you're here.

Hey, I love asking longtime listeners, first time callers this question.

Any favorite episodes of the podcast that you think our listeners need to go back and find?

I feel like I'm a little biased, but I would have to say Candice LaVert's podcast

because she's the one who introduced me to the podcast.

She is an IT operations manager and she was talking a lot about how she brings the gospel,

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