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Article: Chaplains an increasing presence in workplaces
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2009
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- A dozen employees from all ranks fill a
conference room, with as many more calling in by speakerphone. One
carries a guitar, another distributes photocopies of hymn lyrics.
Sidney Hinton, the chief executive officer, takes his seat at the
head of the table to preside over his company's monthly prayer-and-
praise worship. The scene that follows at Power Secure
International, a publicly traded energy-services company in Wake
Forest, would be unimaginable at most corporate offices.
With his Bible close at hand, Hinton first offers a prayer of
praise to the Holy Spirit. He then leads employees in the singing of
hymns, his eyes shut in intense devotion. Next come readings of ...