We had our gathering last night, not everyone was able to show up, but we had some good conversation regarding John Chapter 2.

The most lively conversation regarded what it means to trust, and whether we should trust other people at all...

Joh 2:23 During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him.
Joh 2:24 But Jesus didn't entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were.
Joh 2:25 He didn't need any help in seeing right through them. (The Message)

Here are some of the questions that came out of our discussion:

• If we are following Jesus and he didn't trust people, should we do the same?
• What is trust? Does trust imply obligations and expectations of others?
• Is trust different from acceptance?
  
• If trust does imply obligations and expectations of others, does that lead us to keep a "check list" in our minds regarding whether people are meeting our expectations? Is that fair? Is that freedom?
  
• How does it make us feel when others in the Body have expectations of us that we fail to meet?
• Are expectations a form of control? If we have expectations of others, what role does the Spirit play? In other words, what if the Spirit calls people to do things outside of our expectations? How do we handle that?
• What might happen, "where the rubber meets the road," if we didn't have expectations of others? Would it be freeing? Would it be chaos?

Obviously, we had a great chat about these issues and we all have some food for thought during this week....

Now, back to writing my paper on Diversity in the Workplace....oh joy (insert sarcasm)...