Friday’s thoughts
“The Art of Being Disagreeable”
When we have thought about our life together as a congregation there have been high points and low points. Sometimes our passion for or against our cause have made us act out in ways that are distructive. We lose it. I lose it. Everybody loses it from time to time.
We have been working on a statement that reflects the best we would hold up as our manner of interacting. A task force was formed initiated by the church staff and the Sraff Parish Relations Committee. They submitted to the Administrative Council the statement to be read at all of our meetings and discussed in terms of our ability to live up to it or our failure to do so.
This is the statement:
“We, as a Christ centered community, inspired by: Open Hearts; Open Minds; Open Doors, pledge to ensure a safe and respectful environment that transcends differences in our ministry with one another.”
In the sermon this Sunday I am going to look at the ways people are disagreeable and how we can respond to them. I will consider three types of disagreeable people.
1. There are people who are constantly disagreeable
2. There are people who are quietly disagreeable
3. There are people who are creatively disagreeable
The conclusion to this sermon is a surprise. I will suggest an unusual way in which we can deal with disagreeable people.
Do you have some thoughts on this?
Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net
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I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
