4Ü #276

Problem solving

3 May 2007

WASSUP - Test your assumptions
INSIGHT OUT - Making a banana cake out of lemons
OUTSIGHT IN - What calls you?
SEE YA SUNDAY - The work of rest
LAST WORD - Problem solving

WASSUP - Test your assumptions

You race to a conclusion without some vital pieces of the puzzle.
Your interpretation, untested and immutable opinion set as absolute truth.

No wonder you run into so many brick walls.

Stand back for just one moment
Test your assumptions
Is there a piece of the puzzle you may be unaware of?

Andrew

INSIGHT OUT - Making a banana cake with lemons (food for thought)

So, you have just been given lemons and asked to make a banana cake.
What do you do?
The boss wants a banana cake but you can only work with what you have been given.

This is one of the greatest sources of workplace stress.

The quality of a process is measured by the next step in the process.
I don't care how good the lemons are if my task is to make a banana cake!

Everyone must ...

know what the process is designed to produce (if you're in the dark chances are that you won't know what you are doing or expected to do)
have input into the total process (if you want to improve the process, ask the next person in the process they will tell you what you need to do)
be held to account by the next step in the process (other people's success or failure depends on you)

OUTSIGHT IN - What calls you?

What calls you
from the noise of busy-ness
wind whispers
the cries of hope
a silence that shouts
an aching soul
a distraction to be still
a memory to return
a longing that waits
a hand that leads

He leads me by still waters
He restores my soul
Psalm 23:2 & 3

SEE YA SUNDAY - "The work of rest"

8.30 & 10.30

"Thank God it's Monday"

This is the final in a series that has explored the meaning and significance of work. If you would like tape or CD copies of these messages to pass on to others please make your request by reply to the email.

This week: The work of rest

This Sunday come along to church and have a soul massage
Experience the reconnection of your body and soul

Here are some questions for you ...

What nourishes your soul?
What recreates you?
What calls you away from your work?

Sunday evening service - not on this Sunday night.

Can't wait ... see ya Sunday

Thanks for this time to chat.

Andrew
St Columba
Where Life and Faith Meet
andrew.norton@stcolumba.org.nz

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LAST WORD - Problem solving

You do not sit down and solve problems: you bear with them until they somehow solve themselves.
Thomas Merton 2007 Echoing Silence p 23