 Siber looked a lot like Martin Luther While most Americans are familiar with the commercial experience of Cyber Monday, few know its liturgical origins and its controversial inclusion in the 1552 edition of the Book of Common Prayer.
William Siber was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1497. As a young man, his unusual height for the day (5’ 11”) allowed him to travel England with a band of minstrels as a crowd-gathering oddity. This is likely when he developed his passion for value-based pricing. After the success of his first theological treatise Perceived Value and The Parable of the Shrewd Manager, Siber was elected to Parliament in 1525. Following his wildly unpopular essay 11 Percent: Rethinking the Tithe, Siber set his eyes on ecclesiological reform, fully convinced that the Sabbath ought to be observed on Monday. Siber’s position was influenced less by Biblical research and more by a French calendar he was given as a Guy Fawkes Day gift.
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 In my last post, I encouraged you to begin looking at the issue of effective board/vestry size by first establishing its intended purpose. What is the board’s first priority? Unless its primary focus is on information gathering, information dissemination, and/or direct shepherding oversight, most boards are charged with making wise decisions. These decisions could be spiritual, ministry, financial, accountability, or all of the above.
The problem with a larger decision-making board (above 8 members) is the predictable imbalance it produces along the “inquiry vs advocacy” spectrum. |
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