I know this is a rather abrupt intrusion in the midst of a serious and theologically constructive series of blogposts on Friendship. But I think I'll take a short commercial break.

You see, I just came across Prof. Scot McKnight's post "On Committee Meetings" and I simply felt that I needed to quote a part of his post verbatim, for the benefit of my friends (present and future) who will be working with me in the ministry in one way or another:

I’m constitutionally incapable of finding committee meetings interesting. I do my best to come to each meeting with a good attitude, but it doesn’t last very long.

The one thing I’m most prepared for is the “second” when the chair asks if there is a motion to adjourn. Before someone utters “so moved” I clear the air with “second” in the hope of ending the meeting before someone else comes up with something else to chat about.

Yeah, whatever he said; me too. But come to think of it, this isn't utterly irrelevant to the series I'm blogging on, is it?