Good day and thanks for joining us for the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Which job would you guess is the most satisfying vocation in America. According to a researcher quoted by the

Washington Post, Americans want to work for a place that gives them time and respects and encourages

and wants them to be good citizens in their community. As a result, those who work in community

and social services rank highest for job satisfaction far above categories

that typically pay much higher salaries. And among those in this top category, religious workers

are the most fulfilled. This should be unsurprising since Americans list religious and spiritual

activities as the happiest, most meaningful, and least

stressful thing they do. In fact, they rank these activities some 50% higher than work-and-work-related

activities. And they list place of worship as their happiest place on Earth, while their workplace

comes in next to last.

This study correlates with a volume of research demonstrating that religiousness and spirituality

are consistently linked with positive indicators of well-being. Religious people are reportedly

happier and more satisfied with life than non-religious individuals and even

live longer on average. This, despite significant animosity against Christianity in Europe and the

U.S., Tim Keller observed, quote, we are entering a new era in which there is not only no social

benefit to being Christian, but an actual social cost.

In many places, culture is becoming increasingly hostile towards faith, and beliefs in God,

truth, sin, and the afterlife are disappearing in more and more people. Now, culture is

producing people for whom Christianity is not only offensive but incomprehensible, end

quote. Why are active Christians happier and more fulfilled in secularized society that increasingly

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