Conduct in the Beehive and James Packer
Good Morning and Welcome to this week’s Gospel and Culture update, by Alan Vink
Monday 27th July, 2020
Code of Conduct
It beggars belief that parliamentarians are so reluctant to agree to a ‘code of conduct’. Do they think they are beyond or above the normal rules of respectful and decent behaviour in the workplace? A code of conduct is a very common ‘tool’ within organisations to name the behaviours that are, and are not, acceptable – and hopefully lift the bar on moral and ethical behaviour.
This is urgent especially in the light of Consultant Debbie Francis independent review in May 2019 into bullying and harassment at Parliament. In this Opinion Piece Alison Mau this weekend asks the question, Is this the end of the bad behaviour for the gods of parliament?
Pastors. Have you signed a code of conduct? If not would you be willing to do so?
James Packer (1926-2020)
James Packer died last week at the good old age of 93. I doubt there wouldn’t be to many of you reading this blog that haven’t read Packer somewhere along your ‘theological’ journey. Packer was a lifelong Anglican churchman who spent the first half of his life in England and the second half in Canada but who was perhaps most popular in the United States. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential theological popularisers of the twentieth century.
He saw himself as “a voice that called people back to old paths of truth and wisdom.” His entire life was spent resisting the idea that “the newer is the truer, only what is recent is decent, every shift of ground is a step forward, and every latest word must be hailed as the last word on its subject.”
Here is a tribute worth reading. It will take about 15minutes. It’s inspiring in every way.
Quote
“Inaccurate eschatology causes believers to:
Wait for a King who already reigns,
Wait for a Kingdom they’re already in
Wait to become what they already are,
Wait for power that they already have,
Wait for an Age that they’re already in,
Wait for victory that’s already been won,
Wait to do, what they should already be doing”.
By Nathan Edward Camacho (2017)
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Alan Vink is currently the Executive Director for LeadershipWorx. Prior to this role he has been the Executive Director of Willow Creek Association NZ (WillowNZ), a Baptist pastor (23 years), Bible College teacher, and church consultant.
