Your dad runs a huge business. He runs it according to some clear principles. There are other businesses in the market. Some of them have clear, though different, principles. Some of them are just taking advantage of your customers. And there are differences in what you offer, though many people don’t exactly see them.

You have a lot of siblings. Right now, one of them is attacking one of the other businesses. He’s being really obnoxious about it.

What do you do?

What could be helpful would be to look to what your oldest brother did in handling similar situations. After all, he and your dad are incredibly close. They’re like one, actually.

Here are some things to consider.

1. You talk to your dad.

You make sure that he knows. You ask if there’s something he’s already doing about the situation with your brother. You listen when he reminds you that there is a reason that he has been running the company for all these years. You ask what you can do to help.

2. You look at your “to do” list for the day.

The last thing that you want to do is let your brother say, “but you aren’t doing what you are supposed to be doing.” So you make sure that you are working in the area of the business you’ve been assigned to. If you are working clothing distribution this week, you make sure that there is no one around you lacking. If you are working in housing, you go looking for the people who have been lacking a roof for hours or months. If you are working in the kitchen, you remember that you cross cooking off your list when other people are fed, not just when you aren’t hungry anymore.

We’ll look at more tomorrow.

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For the first post in this series, see “How to deal with obnoxious Christians“