Comments on: The Church’s Priorities http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/08/25/the-churchs-priorities/ Looking with non-artificial intelligence Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:32:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Susan http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/08/25/the-churchs-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Susan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:49:13 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/08/25/the-churchs-priorities/#comment-309 Wah, Lewis beat me to it. Simply put, #6, no question. Wah, Lewis beat me to it. Simply put, #6, no question.

]]> By: Lewis http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/08/25/the-churchs-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Lewis Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:46:54 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/08/25/the-churchs-priorities/#comment-308 OK, I'll take the bait. But not without a tiny disclaimer, which is that I can only take these things on face value, so my interpretation of them may not be the same as yours. Additionally, while the title is "The church's priorities," some of these (numbers 2, 6, 7 (maybe) and 8 ) seem to be individual in focus rather than corporate, though they could spill over into the church. But based on the title, I'll try to think like the church. The grid, in my thinking, is to do first what is important and urgent, then to do what is important but not urgent, then to do what is urgent but not important, and then to dismiss completely (and not do at all) things that are neither important or urgent. Everything on your list could be important at some point, but those that seem both important and urgent include 3 and 6. Those that seem important but less urgent include 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9. Those that seem either less important or still less urgent include 5 and 10. But if one assumes that everything on this list has to be done and is of a mindset to reduce the list quickly, it would seem easy to say yes to 2, hand off the baby (6) to someone who knows what to do with a baby (or take the baby with you), and then start taking water to the village as quickly as you can so that no children die from dehydration. As for the poor preacher who has been beaten, take him with you, too. If he's been preaching for very long, he's probably used to it by now -- either physically or mentally (see 2 Corinthians 11.22-28). OK, I’ll take the bait. But not without a tiny disclaimer, which is that I can only take these things on face value, so my interpretation of them may not be the same as yours.

Additionally, while the title is “The church’s priorities,” some of these (numbers 2, 6, 7 (maybe) and 8 ) seem to be individual in focus rather than corporate, though they could spill over into the church. But based on the title, I’ll try to think like the church.

The grid, in my thinking, is to do first what is important and urgent, then to do what is important but not urgent, then to do what is urgent but not important, and then to dismiss completely (and not do at all) things that are neither important or urgent.

Everything on your list could be important at some point, but those that seem both important and urgent include 3 and 6. Those that seem important but less urgent include 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9. Those that seem either less important or still less urgent include 5 and 10.

But if one assumes that everything on this list has to be done and is of a mindset to reduce the list quickly, it would seem easy to say yes to 2, hand off the baby (6) to someone who knows what to do with a baby (or take the baby with you), and then start taking water to the village as quickly as you can so that no children die from dehydration.

As for the poor preacher who has been beaten, take him with you, too. If he’s been preaching for very long, he’s probably used to it by now — either physically or mentally (see 2 Corinthians 11.22-28).

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