tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862587165592930525.post926712830739917527..comments2024-03-13T14:50:10.965-07:00Comments on The Rector's Corner: The Only Gate for AllBrandon Filberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06355914204734644026noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8862587165592930525.post-4451153253188676342008-01-28T15:52:00.000-08:002008-01-28T15:52:00.000-08:00How odd! You used a consumerist metaphor both in ...How odd! You used a consumerist metaphor both in this blog and in your homily and I was thinking almost exactly on those lines as I drove to Church. I was ruminating over the upcoming process to form a new mission statement and I was reviewing what had brought me to St Tim's back in 1985. I link missioning and marketing as very similar processes. Both require thought and action to bring a desired consequence into reality. <BR/>I put that to the emphasis in our American culture that there is a "need" and that "need" can be met...though often supposed needs are just as manufactured as the products or services to meet the alleged need. This is not the place to go into more detail since I am working on a more substantive response to Mission and will bring it in when I am done. But I really appreciated your homily Sunday! P.GoforthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com