Having
returned from a week of interim ministry training, my brain is full of
information. It will take me a while to
process all of it. By the way, one of
the primary focuses was on “content” and “process.” Content is the “what,” the data. Process is the “how,” the way things
happen. As I said, I’m still processing!
Something I
found especially interesting were some excerpts we were given from Margaret
Wheatley’s Turning to One Another—Simple
Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future. Here are some tidbits:
“Change
begins from deep inside a system, when a few people notice something they will
no longer tolerate, or respond to a dream of what’s possible.”
“It takes
courage to start a conversation. But if
we don’t start talking to one another, nothing will change.”
“Lately I’ve
been listening for what surprises me.”
“Sometimes
we hesitate to listen for differences because we don’t want to change.”
“We can’t
be creative if we refuse to be confused.”
(I can usually master the second part of that one!)
“Do I feel a vocation to be fully human?” (I really like this one. Being “fully human”—what all is involved in
that?)
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