flatsort discussions

Greetings to all flat sort workers, especially if you struggle with the AMZL carts.

I wanted to answer your questions about Christianity as thoroughly as possible. Since we don’t have a lot of time at Amazon, I made this page to give the discussion a chance to move forward without the limitations of the workplace.

The questions you asked are complex and to answer them well takes time to get all the details straight. So rather than answer them all at once, the best way for me to go about it is to add a few lines at a time. Which is perfect for a webpage like this.

I attended two schools in the past for several years where they welcomed people of different faiths to study together. The goal was not to debate points of theology, but to try and help each other learn and to ask better questions. I really enjoyed my time in these situations.

If it’s okay with you, in addition to answering questions about Christianity, I’d like to ask some questions about Islam and also Somali culture in general. Sometimes I’ll include verses from the Bible to explain a topic. If you have any verses from the Quran to share, I’d definitely be interested in those as well.

Here are two quotes that I like. They’re inscribed in the entrance of one of the libraries that I visit sometimes.

Romans 15:4

Whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Francis Bacon (British scholar in the 1500s and 1600s)

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.

And finally, since work at Amazon can be very tedious and frustrating at times, a quote on the value of work.

Eugene Peterson (well-known American pastor and author)

Most of what Jesus said and did took place in a secular workplace in a farmer’s field, in a fishing boat, at a wedding feast, in a cemetery, at a public well asking a woman he didn’t know for a drink of water, on a country hillside that he turned into a huge picnic, in a court room, having supper in homes with acquaintances or friends. In our Gospels, Jesus occasionally shows up in synagogue or temple, but for the most part he spends his time in the workplace. Twenty-seven times in John’s Gospel Jesus is identified as a worker: “My Father is still working, and I also am working” (Jn. 5:17). Work doesn’t take us away from God; it continues the work of God. God comes into view on the first page of our scriptures as a worker. Once we identify God in his workplace working, it isn’t long before we find ourselves in our workplaces working in the name of God.