Wednesday, March 29, 2017

WWJD at a monthly meeting of the Council of First Kind-Of-United Church of Galilee?

Still mulling over the Council meeting Tuesday night.  Specifically, the ways and times my obsessive-compulsive disorder shows itself in my dominating discussion at every turn, and assuming that I ... of course ... have the answer necessary for things to be right.  And the ways my introversion shows itself in the way I work things out by myself in my head without sharing all the bits and pieces with other members of the Council ... leaving me in control, of course.

At least that's what I've been mulling over.  Others, I'm sure, would have other perspectives.

It makes me wonder ... what Council would be like if we had the time and safe space to explore and share among ourselves our individual personality disorders (apparently there are basically 6 or 7, and we all show traits of at least 1 or 2) ... or where we each land on the Meyers-Briggs Personality Inventory ... or what space we each inhabit in the Enneagram ... and how this affects our interaction at Council meetings.

Makes me wonder as well how Jesus would act and would conduct himself at meetings of the disciples ... at a monthly Council meeting of First Kind-of-United Church of Galilee.

I know he wouldn't be the Chair of Council.  He pretty consistently turned down jobs like that. In fact, he nominated Peter to chair.  He knew Peter would do a great job.

But how would Jesus act and conduct himself there when business came up?

Would he announce the truth, teach, guide, and expect others to listen, accept, learn, and follow?  Turn a Council meeting into a mini Sermon-on-the-Mount kind of time?

Or would he be ... was he ... is he, more conversational?  More dialogic?  More mutual and open?  And open-ended?  Basically just offering his piece of the puzzle as best he can ... to encourage the others to offer their pieces as openly and humbly ... so that together they can find their way to seeing what the answer will be?  Which none of them see or hold or can ever discern alone?