I was talking to a deaconess yesterday, about how she was getting on with busing some choirs to our Church. She said, “Decisions, decisions” (and she was taking the decisions by herself). I said, “You’re not alone! You don’t have to take all these decisions on YOURSELF! You’re surrounded by Christian brothers and sisters who can help and advise you.” OBSERVATION: Ministers have this syndrome, too -- a lot, I think. They assume the wise and lonely role of Solomon, forgetting that they can just ask the Body, even on the spur of the moment (Solomon was so wise, some say, because he had 700 wives to advise him)!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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fabulous observation. I am fortunate to have sought out this 1blog enry as I did a search of your name after reading a brief paper of the definition of the Reign Of God" written by you. It is timely that I am reading about decidionmaking and I often do take on extra burdens when I don't have to. I do think however, that certain decidions that I make about my life and where I want to goal with it are best made alonbe, when I deeply fell into who I am and what kind of journey I want to create for the future. At these times, I am finding it crucila to listen to my heart and trust my deepest voice. But your post struck a chord for me, as myself and a few friends have an blog about raising onsciousness and creating a creative, fantastic future especially within the realm of what we traditionally think of as "the environment". Sometimes, I don't ask for help, or bounce ideas off others in the group. But when I do, I am usually helped for the better. We have been trying to be completely vulnerable in the style of our writing posts. why?, you may ask? well, because we want to include all people in our inquiry, and to get away from pretense, to be available for all to dialogue with. please check out our blog:
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Roxburgh and Romanuk (2006:190) state: “Pastors have been schooled to think and act in a SOLA PASTORA way.” An incident which highlighted the tendency in myself was when one of our services was disrupted -- regrettably not too uncommon an occurrence here. I jumped from the altar, and asked the man to leave. Someone else muscled him out. I was wondering how to handle the next situation, when I realised, but why do I assume it's all up to me, to handle such a situation? There’s a whole congregation with me when it happens. I can even ask them in their presence what needs to be done.
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