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I wanted to share some more thoughts on Guaranteed Appointments beyond what I said in my posts on Accountability and Power. Wesley's Covenant Prayer - Several people in their tweets and blog posts referenced Wesley's Covenant Prayer when discussing the end of Guaranteed Appointments.  The line that was continually used was "let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee." … [Read more...] about Guaranteed Appointments

After reading Tom Berlin's blog post about Guaranteed Appointments, I am glad he feels great about the loss of guaranteed appointments.  Undoubtedly he is feeling better that he now knows the conference wants him and is not merely putting up with him.  It was nice of him to acknowledge, a bit, that he was not in the most vulnerable of positions.  After all as a popular clergy … [Read more...] about Power

I was reading an article by Donald Haynes this morning where he starts by quoting that famous aphorism "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."  I respectfully disagree with Haynes and Santayana.  I say this as a person who did a full concentration in history at Albright College. In one of my introductory classes at Albright on American history, the … [Read more...] about History Does Not Repeat Itself

Accountability is hard to argue against.  In theory, no one wants ineffective people in positions of power.  We want our teachers to teach well, we want our doctors to practice medicine well, and we want our pastors to minister well.  Very few people would argue that we want ineffective teachers, doctors, or pastors. My struggle with accountability is: what do we hold people … [Read more...] about Accountability

I have been trying to keep up with what is going on at General Conference through Twitter.  I have noticed that the words leadership and leader have started to appear.   While the words leader and leadership are still very small on Andrew Conard's Word Cloud for General Conference tweets, I imagine they will gain traction as the conference continues. Bishop Jones' tweet that … [Read more...] about Leadership?