(Written Monday evening, posted on Tuesday morning)
The first day of sabbatical began with a migraine. I guess I may really need a sabbatical!
The drive to St. Paul was uneventful. On the way I started listening to The River of Doubt, a book about Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition to chart the River of Doubt, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. It’s a fascinating story, and I’m looking forward to finishing the book on the way home on Wednesday. Teddy Roosevelt would be an interesting person to have as a dinner guest.
The Leading Change class is a good one so far. There are 14 of us in the class, plus the two instructors. One instructor and I are the only ones who are not Lutheran pastors. Half of us are men, half are women. The first day has been good for giving us handles for discussing change. We talked about Newtonian and Quantum physics(!) as an analogy for understanding how people understand change, and we learned about our own personal change styles – and how different styles need to work together to bring about change in congregations. We need those who will help us to hold to our traditions and handle the details, those who will be visionaries and agents of change, and those who hold the two together so a congregation can move forward into the future together.
It was a good day of learning – but my head hurts. It will be good to get some sleep tonight. It’s also good to see my in-laws. All in all, it’s a good (early) start to the sabbatical.
And to think...the Marquis de Mores DID have Roosevelt as a dinner guest in Medora!
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