This article is Week 18 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. Your supervisor pauses at your desk and says, “Can I give you some feedback?” Your stomach tightens. You nod, but inside you are already marshaling defenses: They don’t see the whole picture. That’s not fair. I’m doing my best. A few days later you watch a coworker cut a corner that could affect safety or integrity. You feel the nudge to say something, but you hesitate. Who am I to correct them? What if I make things awkward? Most people do not wake up excited about correction. Yet work life is filled with feedback—formal reviews, offhand comments from supervisors, gentle warnings…


