Faith at work is proving profitable, according to a pair of recent stories in major media outlets.

In mid-August the Philadelphia Inquirer featured Productive Plastics, Inc., of Mount Laurel, New Jersey. The report opened with a description of the company’s “prayer wall,” where employees can leave requests anonymously. A welcome sign above it appears in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

The family-owned company works with two corporate ministers who regularly counsel  employees, but sales vice president John Zerillo says it doesn’t force religion on anyone.

“We’re not there to proselytize,” Zerillo told the Inquirer. “We’re there to care for the needs of the people.”

Among other things, the 63-year-old company makes plastic enclosures for Siemens CT scanners and plastic parts for Kawasaki rail cars on the Long Island Railroad. Revenues are around $13 million range and have grown 20 percent annually the past three years.

Belief is good for business, says the influential trade magazine, Publishers Weekly. The publication recently spotlighted titles from Christian publishers that are mixing biblical principles with professional development and other business topics.

Among the titles PW mentioned were Raymond Harris’ Business by Design and The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, coauthored by bestselling author Gary Chapman.