Day #5 (wed)

Today deliberations began on the floor of the GA. All the committees present their reports and then the whole assembly can debate and then votes.

It all draws you in… hearing the comments, critiquing the logic and then waiting for the votes to come in. Just like talk radio or cable television during a crucial news time. You watch and talk and hear the same things over and over, waiting for a new nuance or insight and then… the vote! I am a bit of a political junkie so one part of me loves this stuff.

On the other hand, I keep thinking about all the time and money that is spent here. Bringing all these people together… is this it?

One more tension. Sometimes the people who speak seem to have waited all year or all their lives to get up and speak. To me it seems like they take themselves too seriously and need to get a life. Not to mention there are professional and educated people who bring the recommendations to the assembly. Who are these people to try to reinvent and question these educated recommendations??? Wow… that’s judgmental, isn’t it?? Because on the other hand, what a beauty in the mess to have all these people come together and speak their mind. And don’t we believe that it is in the least of these that wisdom and truth can emerge? Yes, but once again, that belief is not convenient nor efficient. And as one who is in the educated class, it is too easy for me to dismiss the contribution of these faithful and serious people.

So once again… Christ have mercy on your church including me.