Too Many Opinions

One of the things that I found frustrating at our staff retreat was that everybody was giving their opinion about everything. Then someone would say that we need to come to a decision, and everybody would continue giving their input.
I think input is great, but at some point the senior executive staff must make the decisions. I love being able to give my input, and we are certainly welcome to go with it at anytime, but I'm not the one that is able to say here is what we are going to do.
It just seemed like a waste of time for all of us to continually debate every issue that our church is facing. JM

The Joys Of Debate

I love that my senior pastor loves to debate. At staff retreat we were debating a point. I started saying something rather passionately, and then he started to talk over me. But I didn't stop. I just got louder. It was fun. Everybody joked that I was going to be fired, but he loves that kind of stuff. I think it actually made him like me more. I love that he doesn't just want us all to fall in line with whatever he says, but that he wants us to contribute and to be passionate about it. It's great leadership. JM