CHANDELIERS OR LIGHTS
A pastor met with his board of trustees and requested they approve the purchase of a chandelier for the church sanctuary. The next month when the minutes were read there was no mention of the pastor’s suggestion, so he requested it a second time. The third month the pastor waited expectantly for a report of action taken, but there was absolutely no word in the minutes of his request. So after the meeting he went to the chairman of the board and asked for an explanation. “Well, pastor, it was this way,” explained the chairman. “First of all, the secretary of the trustees didn’t know how to spell the word, and it would have embarrassed him if we had insisted on including it in the minutes. Second, if we got one of those things, we don’t believe there is anyone in the church who knows how to play it. And third, we feel that the thing we really need is better…
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