I would like to enter a new word into our vocabulary: Questusation. You have probably had them thrown, or better said fired, at you or maybe at times you have been behind the trigger yourself. A Questusation is a carefully calculated and crafted accusation in the form of a question.
If you have been in any form of leadership, you would have undoubtedly experienced them. The main problem with a questusation is that you never know how to answer them or if you should answer them. They are not an outright question and not a straightforward accusation. So I propose that we need a predetermined culturally and socially acceptable response to these attacks beyond readjusting our Kevlar vests following their impact.
The last week has been less then fun. I have had a fever, headaches, body aches, runny nose, and chest congestion. I have been taking Cold FX and it just doesn’t seem to be working. How can this be true…Don Cherry is never wrong, is he?
Consequently I haven’t gotten around to my Blog posts or anything else that isn’t necessary for pure survival. Hopefully, Don Cherry won’t let me down and the Cold FX will kick it into overdrive and I’ll feel like a $1,000,000, or at least like $10.85.
School is over for the semester and I finished Hebrew (Did you hear that? That was me patting myself of the back.) ☺
Now that school is over I’ve started reading two new books: “Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham” and “Technopoly”
I am off to our District Conference today…As tedious as meetings can be, I am looking forward to hanging out with friends and of course, riding my motorbike down to Red Deer.
Laurie, my wife, posted a great Blog post recently.
My office is finally clean, it has been a while since I’ve been able to get to filing and putting some “event stuff” in our infamous storage “crawl space” at Church.
I bought five great books for under $20.00 at Chapters the other day.
The sun is out, Spring is here, and yard work has begun.
I went to Pre-School the other day with our twins and experienced all that they are learning – I was very proud! I also had the privilege of having my son read “Curious George” to me and am amazed at his reading skill. Kids grow up way to fast.
I have about three unfinished Blog posts on various subjects that I’ve been working on – I hope to finish them next week.
I just read a post from the Blog of a friend of ours (Laurie & I) that got my attention. She wrote about an article she read about Pastor’s Wives from Time magazine and her reflections on it. I would encourage all those Pastor’s wives who frequent or stumble on my Blog to read Erin’s thoughtful remarks and begin a conversation on this subject that until recently has had little diversity and reflection. I am not going to comment on it personally, as I am not a pastor’s wife (although I am married to one), but I would encourage all of you to begin talking, writing and speaking on this subject. The conversation on the call, role and individuality of the pastor’s wife has not been proportionately updated with the rapidly changing face of pastoral ministry in the last few decades. With changing roles of pastors including multiple staffs, spouses with careers, women in ministry, etc., there are a lot of new avenues and issues that need to be addressed and I think it is vital that more women begin and join this conversation.
I look forward to reading and hearing your reflections in the coming weeks, months and years.
P.S. Highlighting the changes in pastoral ministry is the new and sometimes awkward role of Pastor’s husbands – I know of several guys who fall into this category and I rarely, if ever, hear of conversation (retreats, books, articles) on their calling and role.
I would like to enter a new word into our vocabulary: Questusation. You have probably had them thrown, or better said fired, at you or maybe at times you have been behind the trigger yourself. A Questusation is a carefully calculated and crafted accusation in the form of a question.
