Should We Fine-Tune Our Church
Every group in which people work together to achieve a worthy purpose develops an inclination toward thinking,behaving, and organizing in specific ways. Examples include PTAs, civic clubs, corporations, political parties, soccer teams, and congregations.
Over time, a group's thinking and behavior inclinations harden into habits. In each aspect of the group's life--how its participants think about important issues,how they behave toward their leaders, how they interact with the general public, etc.--the group's habits begin to define the group's thinking and behavior patterns. Soon,outsiders are able to say with considerable accuracy: "That's the way they operate."
Over time, some of the group's thinking and behavior habits grow into obsessions.
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- Download: Parish Paper, February 2010
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