Pastor Dave's Highlights

[Bruce]

"Peter" has been around for a long time. Saw a lot of it myself when I was working. Take a good engineer and make them a manager. Then you have a not so good manager and need to hire a good engineer.

For whatever reason, everyone was expected to want to go into management and so we would put that in our career goals annually. After awhile I chose to stop doing that, I am a "doer" not a "manager" and I know I would royally SUCK at being a manager. And be miserable as well. No thanks. Of course that didn't make me look good to the management chain.

 

[Latestarter]

And that is why the govt is incompetent... They have made it impossible to fire/remove/eliminate a govt employee for virtually any reason except racism, child pornography, and a few other heinous crimes that are simply unacceptable. Sorry to say, incompetence isn't one of them, nor is murder for personal gain (see various lists of dead/disappeared people associated with the 42nd and 44th presidents). For really atrocious personnel, new positions will be created in vacation paradise like places for them to be transferred to, where their incompetence can do less damage, and so grows govt.

 

[greybeard]

You assign/appoint really atrocious people as ambassadors to places like Chad, Haiti, Burkina Faso or Eritrea....

 

[Pastor Dave]

I have 13 new kits from 2 does. One is a first timer and seems to be doing pretty well so far.

And, in other news, I processed 7 bunnies today. Next time I take a day to clean up all the catch pans or butcher, it will be a day off. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

 

[Pastor Dave]

My 8 yr old asked tonight, "Dad who is Joe Donnelly?" I said "He is a US Senator for our state of Indiana." DS1 tells me that he doesn't work for Indiana. I chuckled and said, "So I've been told." He goes on to say, "That's what the adds all say." I say, "Yah, I've heard them too." I decide not to elaborate because kids don't need to be caught up in our political mess. Let them be oblivious as long as possible. Kinda wish I was too these days.

 

[Pastor Dave]

My first pastorate was in 2004. I began on the ambulance service in 2001 and was finishing my degree and doing supply preaching. I remained at both places until the end of 2010 and then resigned to move my wife and DS1 to the pastorate I am currently at. When I moved to the new church, it was more of a transition than a beginning. Tomorrow beginning at TSC does feel like starting something entirely new and carries all the anxieties to go with it. I feel like a kid starting a new grade in school or something. Kinda a weird feeling I haven't had in a while.

 

[Latestarter]

Best wishes for a successful start! You aren't a teen anymore and I'm sure you'll do great!

 

[Mike CHS]

Another Best Wishes from me!

 

[Bruce]

I'm sure there will be a lot to learn about the job but you'll likely learn it faster than what seems to be the usual case at the two TSCs I frequent.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I have that feeling when you show up for a test and haven't studied. Not sure why, because it's called orientation.