Jeanna Ray, a Web site manager for a professional organization, is among the 61 percent of Americans who say they pray every day. She prays at work to ease anger and frustration, and to seek great decisions for her employer, the Infectious Diseases Society of America in Arlington. She believes prayer makes her more professional and a better manager.
"A lot of people don't know" that she's praying, said Ray. "I have a little thing on my bulletin board -- a prayer card my mother gave me. It's not that visible. But a lot of time, people come into my office and say, 'It's so peaceful here.' "
Many people who pray on the job do so in ways that are all but invisible to their bosses and coworkers. They are careful to keep their religious views out of their coworkers' or clients' eyes....