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Date: 29 January 2006 17:12:58
Well, this blog is entitled 'Musings.' And the musings don't cease once the computer is switched off either. Of course I blame all those Myers-Briggs courses. If I'd not discovered that I was an INFP... Anyway - to the point. (oops, I forgot; as an INFP getting to the point is something I'm not exactly an expert in.)
Now I wonder if Dave is interested in this one? During a pcc meeting last week, I had an Idle Thought. Come to think of it, I have a good few Idle Thoughts during meetings; they help me to concentrate. But we won't go there...
So, there I was musing away, and filling in all the O's on the minutes sheet when I realised that the sometimes thorny subject of stewardship and giving had come up. (I don't think the ecclesiastical hit squad will be after me for breach of confidence here. After all - it's a topic that must feature on the agenda (ae??) of every church council throughout the Anglican Communion and beyond with monotonous regularity.) And naturallly we're urged to give not only by the traditional (for Anglicans anyway) method of button..I mean coins in the bag but also by more tax efficient means.
Anyway, as the treasurer outlined said means, somebody mused out loud re how no doubt one day you'd be able to give by credit card. On the spot - or in the pew, so to speak. The mind boggles! I had this wonderful vision of sidespersons passing round those portable machines you get in restaurants. You could bash in your PIN number (displayed on the hymn boards for those with dodgy memories) and be rewarded by a computer generated 'Hallelujah!' at the end of the transaction. Though what would happen if you chose to 'pass the bag on' remains open to the imagination. Maybe a poke in the ribs by one of those funny pole things churchwardens are traditionally supposed to employ to keep the congregation in order with.
Modern technology, eh? Nothing like it!