Have you ever been invited to play these games? Read on:Triangulation
Church Member A is upset with Church Member B but doesn't want to tell Church Member B how sad/angry "B" has made her because she "wouldn't want to cause any trouble." Instead, Church Member A tells Empathetic Pastor so that EmPas would not have to wonder when Church Member A was obviously no longer participating in popular church activity with Church Member B.
Playground Bait and Switch
Cute Children of God convince Unsuspecting Adult to take them to cool church playground only to need to use the even cooler tiny nursery potty almost immediately. What started as fresh air activity becomes indoor super fun potty activity. (You wouldn't believe how many kids play this one.)
Poison Pill
Teams (of legislators perhaps) create opposing plans to solve difficult puzzle (like immigration). But some team members insert Poison Pill into plan (like making English the national language) thus creating distraction from the real twists and turns of the puzzle.
What games did you get to play this week?
I remember once hearing Barbara Brown Taylor asked in a roomful of clergy what she missed most about parish ministry. This is what she said:
The baptisms. The weddings. The preaching. And you all know what I don't miss.
I'm guessing she was talking about some of the games.
P.S. I'm baffled by the guy who had the audacity to create the new Columbine game. Apparently you get to "play" shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Why?
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How about the game where you don't tell the pastor your loved one is ill/dying/hospitalized, then tell people the pastor didn't seem to care about your loved one?
I really enjoyed hearing BBT preach and lecture this week.
How about Drop The Ball--in which you volunteer to be in charge of something fairly significant, procrastinate/delay/forget to work on it, then show up in the church office the day before the event with a massive stack of work for the secretary that is absolutely crucial for the event's success (or possibly for it happening at all.)
How about Triangulation Clue, in which you become aware of Person A's beef against you, and when you approach them to attempt reconciliation, they say - with an angelic smile - "I don't have a problem with you." Of course, they continue NOT returning calls or emails, just to prove there is "no problem."
And lucky purechristianithink, who gets the work the day BEFORE instead of the day OF, which happens to be your day off, but you got suckered into showing up.
BUT, how about "Surprise!" in which the pastor's wife of one of your rental chuches shows up on a FRIDAY with the largest bouquet of flowers you've ever seen, because she just received them at an event, and doesn't like flowers, so wants to bless you with them.
To God be the glory!
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