[Passing another kidney stone, so I’m doped up with pain medicine. I apologize for all the free association, but it’s for a point. At least, I think so.]
In the last post, I raised the (to me) difficult question of how to manage programs, such as missions programs, where some efforts seem very successful and others are struggling. It’s an issue church struggle with everyday: a young man volunteers to go overseas at great risk and personal sacrifice and it’s not going so well. Do you pull him out and bring him home? Keep on waiting for things to turn around? Or what?
Now, every case is going to be different, but I think some overarching principles would be helpful to the discussion. So I thought I’d try to think about it like, well, a class in game theory. Now, that’s obvious, isn’t it? (Where else do you get lessons on the application of game theory to church leadership issues??) Continue reading
