QUESTING
by Dale on Feb.04, 2010, under Church
One of the deepest challenges to organizations and institutions today is transitioning from old ways to new ways. —-EDN
Our church has a mission statement. Such statements are intended to assist members in the transition from one state of being to another state of being. It is an attempt to conform the membership, or at least the congregation, to a particular state of mind. That’s the gift of statements. And they work (or at least worked) when everyone conforms to the particulars…. Which begs an alternative: like, what happens when some people just don’t get it or when someone just misinterprets the statement? Intentionally!
Yes, I see that recommendation that I put my worms back in the can and go home, but the can is not reusable. But my point is that statements invite debatements. –*– I’ve watched and encouraged, and have become increasingly impressed with the power of conversations regarding various statements. It is interesting in retrospect that every one of these conversations actually began with and was periodically reinvigorated with questions…. A friend of mine recently noted that “The best Questions lead to Quests.” That conversation turned inside-out when we both realized that the best Quests are undertaken by a committed group of people who enjoin the mutual powers of community and conversation through questions—just as we were doing when we discovered it.
