Non sequitur

Non sequitur- THIS is the phrase to describe my job to a "T"
It does not make sense and that is the "norm" Its like a dysfunctional family
no communication, secrets, and rigid roles.

My job has been converting to an electronic medical records system.
Now, this sounds like it should be a relatively easy process except...
WE HAVE HAD NO TRAINING on THE SYSTEM and it was
NOT DEVELOPED FOR MY PARTICULAR WORKPLACE!
So now we are expected to use the system although we don't know how
and when we mess up as we are bound to do that is when we are
corrected and blamed for things going wrong although WE were not
COMMUNICATED how to do it the right way to begin with.

Imagine if we were actually trained how to do it, how EFFICIENT
that would be, how much time it would SAVE?
No though we are only "taught" with negative reinforcement and no support

Why church may be like marriage

So the hubby ad I were discussing last night about the high turnover at our church.

Not necessarily in staff but in some of the people that are in what I would deem

"lay leadership".  My hubby stated that having a high turnover of these "lay leaders"

Is not necessarily a good/healthy thing.  I responded that the the opposite is also

not healthy-having the same people that just stay and stagnate isn't healthy either.

So, how do you find a balance?  Stay at a church as long as it meets your 

needs and then when it does not meet your needs move on?  How do you decide if 

the needs that the church meets are more important than other needs or is this

more fluid than this dichotomous statement?  If you just stay at a church then

you run the risk of stagnating if you are trying to hold on to "the way it was" or 

is this starting traditions?

Or is committing to a church like committing to marriage, you commit to hang in 

through the ups and downs, the frustrations and the money troubles, and work 

hard at growing together.  I believe there is a fine balance between stagnating and

being non committal, I just wonder how to continue to find this balance and when

does it all become too much.

On the other hand is the church suppose to be about me?  Or what I get out of it? or

which of my needs it can meet? Or is the church about serving and loving on others out

of a place that God has created?  When does this serving and loving become draining and

painful?