Kent, I am appreciating these reflections. My take on what you are describing in this one is that there are two subcultures grappling on the floor of Synod. The more centrist/progressive delegates are accustomed to a culture of narrative, of story, of connection through shared story/experience. The more conservative/traditional delegates, value propositional statements highly, hence their impatience with story. I did a video on this just after Synod: https://youtu.be/Ktq803TeHsE
I look forward to hearing how you break down Thursday in tomorrow's post. One "insider" note, every delegate can see how many speakers are in the cue. So, if someone is calling the question as the 3rd or 7th speaker, they know if there are 10-30 people already in the queu behind them (and all of them still get their full 3 min. to speak).
Second, while these numbers look very accurate, the reality is, as Lance said, the feeling the "left" was slow walking (either intentionally or unintentionally) Synod's business started before Wednesday. Also, when I was a little surprised at the specific motion the "left" tried to make their "Alamo," and broke out all of their stories for, I had the thought that maybe after that vote was taken they would resign themselves to the will of the body. However, even after that loss, motion by motion, many still kept filling up the queu and speaking......
Kent, I am appreciating these reflections. My take on what you are describing in this one is that there are two subcultures grappling on the floor of Synod. The more centrist/progressive delegates are accustomed to a culture of narrative, of story, of connection through shared story/experience. The more conservative/traditional delegates, value propositional statements highly, hence their impatience with story. I did a video on this just after Synod: https://youtu.be/Ktq803TeHsE
I look forward to hearing how you break down Thursday in tomorrow's post. One "insider" note, every delegate can see how many speakers are in the cue. So, if someone is calling the question as the 3rd or 7th speaker, they know if there are 10-30 people already in the queu behind them (and all of them still get their full 3 min. to speak).
Second, while these numbers look very accurate, the reality is, as Lance said, the feeling the "left" was slow walking (either intentionally or unintentionally) Synod's business started before Wednesday. Also, when I was a little surprised at the specific motion the "left" tried to make their "Alamo," and broke out all of their stories for, I had the thought that maybe after that vote was taken they would resign themselves to the will of the body. However, even after that loss, motion by motion, many still kept filling up the queu and speaking......