Rumor Has It …

All the juicy details on avoiding office gossip.

Rhonda Wilson

To view this item, you must be a member of Kyria.com.

If you ARE a member of Kyria.com...

Please login:

If you are NOT a member of Kyria.com...

Please click here to see our membership options. As a member, you will be able to have access to all of the content on Kyria.com.

More from Rhonda Wilson:
Kyria.com | Books

Join the Kyria.com Community!

Become a member to have access to this article, plus:

Full access to hundreds of other articles for thoughtful, influential women
The monthly Kyria digizine, each issue focusing on a spiritual discipline or theme
20 percent discount on all of the downloadable resources in the Kyria Store

downloadable guides

Prayer and Meditation

Cultivating a deeper relationship with God.

Ministering to Working Women

How your women's ministry can better meet the needs of women who work outside the home.

Browse More Guides

User Reviews

Average User Rating:

Displaying 1 - 3 of 6 reivews.

See all comments

September 14, 2007 1:00 PM

Laurie

It is truly unfortunate that Satan's very earthly tools of division, gossip & slander, are not just limited to middle school cafeterias and office coffee breaks. Many are blown away when they find these behaviors alive and well within a church. Often, by the time someone discovers they've been slandered, it is often too late and the damage is already irreparable. By then it's "their" word against the victim's. Our church currently has a minister who lacks any leadership skills and she's quite content to go along with the status quo. Those in positions of power within our church have grown increasingly brazen and don't hesitate to lord their power over others. Gossip and slander are rampant. As a result, many members have stopped going and financial support has dropped greatly. Based on the way my family's been treated , I'm pretty sure we've been gossiped about, though we don't know about what. Now we are attending a different church and are seriously considering becoming members.

August 28, 2007 4:23 PM

jumoyin

I work in a christian educational institution, but it is indeed saddening to admit that it is here that i have experienced the highest and worst and most malignant forms of gossip. I have seen gossip embarras people, break down thier marriages, eliminate the organisation's confidence inthe subject of the gossip- infact, every negative effect you write about in your article. Worse still, nothing to my knowledge has ever been done officially to address this insidious poison. I suddenly feel like preaching a sermon onthe topic inour chapel or circulating your article to every member of staff to read and repent about. Thank you for reminding me again of this issue, because in truth, in this work environment i have found myself slipping repeatedly into the saucer-eyed, mouth agape recipient of the latest scoop even when i often chide others for doing the same. God help us all!

August 27, 2007 5:37 PM

jacquie

My GOD adds and multiplies, the devil subtracts and devides and the best tool he has right now is gossip. If we are the children of god that we claim we are, and we are geniunely concerned with a fellow human being, go to that person in love or talk to God about it. Aynthing else, with a third party is malicious and we have turned to serve ourselves a little entertainment at someone else's expense. If it is done in front of a congregation, it is what you call spicing up Sunday morning so that people will come to your church and see the circus you have made. God is not honored in such circumstances. Who does it serve? the author of confusion, the devil, he dwells in the midst of all confusion even in the church.