What would you do if you disagreed with the direction your organisation's taking? Stand by and watch it happen or take action and break it up? The choice is yours.
Today has been my last day at work for over a week as I look forward to another week off work. In many ways, it seems as though it’s only been a short time since the last one, but the six weeks which are just coming to an end remind me that they don’t come around too quickly at all.
How many other jobs are people expected to put up with being shouted at, sworn at or assaulted on a daily basis? It’s no wonder so many people are leaving the teaching profession.
But then I don’t expect all schools are the same as the one I work at – and I don’t expect all school management teams would put up with pupils at their schools the way that mine do and refuse to do anything about it.
So if you disagree with something, are you the sort of person to speak out against it or just put up with it? And what if it threatened to cause a split in your whole organisation? It’s just this sort of thing which some Anglican Churches are doing after years of feeling ignored and sidelined. The future of the whole Church is now at risk – more because of itself than any outside influence. Read the article here.
