tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post4391671947668800316..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Round TablingBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-90054879473832110012008-04-29T22:08:00.000+01:002008-04-29T22:08:00.000+01:00The poem seems to be a meditation on Fred Kaan's 1...The poem seems to be a meditation on Fred Kaan's 1985 hymn (No.480 in the URC hymnbook Rejoice & Sing) :<BR/><BR/>1 The church is like a table,<BR/> a table that is round.<BR/> It has no sides or corners,<BR/> no first or last, no honours;<BR/> here people are in one-ness<BR/> and love together bound.<BR/><BR/>2 The church is like a table<BR/> set in an open house;<BR/> no protocol for seating,<BR/> a symbol of inviting,<BR/> of sharing, drinking, eating;<BR/> an end to 'them' and 'us'.<BR/><BR/>3 The church is like a table,<BR/> a table for a feast<BR/> to celebrate the healing<BR/> of all excluded-feeling,<BR/> (while Christ is serving, kneeling,<BR/> a towel around his waist).<BR/><BR/>4 The church is like a table<BR/> where every head is crowned.<BR/> As guests of God created,<BR/> all are to each related;<BR/> the whole world is awaited<BR/> to make the circle round.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Fred Kaan (born 1929)<BR/>© 1985 Stainer & Bell LtdDickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771751470931908022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-46197568651035453992008-04-18T14:44:00.000+01:002008-04-18T14:44:00.000+01:00I feel you're right — not only about the bullying ...I feel you're right — not only about the bullying piece, but also the George Bell quote I posted yesterday about "them and Us" thinking. In the same way as rape is about power not sex, I'm sure Bullying is about power and interaction, driven by the bully's abusive nature, not the victim.<BR/><BR/>Talking the other day to my friend and colleague +Colin, who's on the Lmabeth design group, he said there was a clear sense at their last meeting that they wanted "Indaba" process to drive the conference — sounds like a much more roundtabled way of doing things than the Western parliamentary, resolutions driven, (public school debating club?) ways "business" have usually been done in the past on these occasions.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-70999113523165216272008-04-18T14:15:00.000+01:002008-04-18T14:15:00.000+01:00Interesting that this poem is posted two days afte...Interesting that this poem is posted two days after the post on bullying - I feel ther are some connections here, albeit intuitive rather tahn academic. Bullying - so often about power or a last ditch attempt to hang on to personal perceptions of power when things are changing (is this perceived challenge why there are too many bullying relationships between curates and training incumbents; congregation and incumbents..etc etc). Roundtabling, to me, is about service not power. Round-tablers - beware; but be inspired!!<BR/>Thinks - will the dining tables at Lambeth be round or narrow-long?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com