Thanks Harrison and bravo Michael Wood. I love this story too. Will someone define Waveriding for me as cited here? Chris
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Hege Steinsland <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow. I just love this story. And I´m so glad every time I hear about open > space and self organization used in the church. I´m trying to make this > possibility known in the church of Norway as an approach that can make > people less stressed out, more happy and more concerned with the really > important things in church and life :-) I love this Dean, that have made > the wisdom in the principles and the law a way to live and work. > > I`m looking for more shared experience with story-telling. How to invite, > who to invite, do you still need an sponsor and how do you frame it? I wold > love to learn from others experience here. > > I would also love her more about Michael and Brendans program. Is it an > training program in Open space for clergy? > > All the best fro > a cold and windy night in Norway. > Hege > 22. nov. 2013 kl. 21:44 skrev Harrison Owen <[email protected]>: > > Our friend, Michael Wood, dropped me a note with a wonderful story. By all > rights I should have asked him to share, but the story is so good, I just > couldn’t wait, and Michael, if I need to apologize, please consider it > offered. J > > So it is all about Wave Riding in OZ with a most unlikely set of > characters. Anglican (Episcopalian) clergy! Being one of those, I can tell > you from personal history and experience that there are few groups in this > world more staunchly conservative and resistant to change. This is not > surprising as we have had many hundreds of years to perfect our stance, and > in an odd sort of way, we do it rather well – staying exactly the same. > Thank you. The thought that such a group could find meaning and purpose in > the arcane art of Wave Riding is marvelous...not to say mind blowing! > > And to all you folks who may wonder whether or how traditional sorts in > business and government might respond to opening a little space and hopping > a wave I can tell you that stranger things do happen. Case in point. And > actually, those business and government folks are just pussy cats and late > comers when it comes to resistance to change. > > But enough of that. On to the story... (with many thanks and apologies to > Michael) > > “Over the last few months it’s been fun to support some Anglican Church > folks (lay and ordained) in Brisbane get into Waveriding mode (Brendan > McKeauge has also been working with some Catholic Education people in > Brisbane), and I have another program in February. As you know, clergy > generally and certainly Anglican clergy, were taught the intricacies of > control. Now, increasingly they know it doesn’t work. If they don’t know > it, then a lot of them are moving into internal melt down as the external > system of the church unravels around them. Fortunately a few of them are > recognizing that control doesn’t work and it’s some of those guys and gals > that I’ve started to work with, sharing OST and Waveriding principles and a > bit of work with Talking Circles. They’re lovin’ it. Saying they’re feeling > revitalised already. > > It’s early days of course and plenty of potential to be swamped by the > existing culture. But so far I’ve worked with 30 people, 45 by the end of > February. They are keen to support each other and have already started to > do things differently, and see the world differently. On the third morning > of our time together, after they’ve actually experienced a couple of days > of self-organised action learning, I invited them to reflect on the > question, ‘was Jesus a Waverider’? Then the pennies start to drop at a > really deep level. When we drop it down to that level I hope it will help > them to hang in there with the living experiment. No longer just a passing > ‘fad’ about how to run a meeting, but a more profound way of going with > the flow of reality. > > The primary sponsor in Brisbane, Peter Catt is the Dean of St. John’s > Cathedral in Brisbane. He has been the local champion and sat in on the > first program. In the closing circle Peter said,*‘some people ask me how > I can be Dean in a place the size of St. John’s and look so relaxed all the > time [I’d been thinking precisely that]…it’s because I believe that reality > looks like that [pointing to the four principles and one law on the wall]. > I think the definition of wisdom is to run with the way the world actually > is, and stupidity is to fight against it’*. Sums it up pretty well > doesn’t it.” > > And don’t you just love Peter Catt, The Dean! > > > Thank You Michael! > > Harrison > > > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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