{"id":12344,"date":"2016-05-04T12:57:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T19:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=12344"},"modified":"2016-05-05T08:11:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T15:11:04","slug":"oh-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/oh-crap\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Crap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rev.\u00a0Mary K. (Sellon) Huycke | PNW Clergy Delegate to #UMCGC\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

I came home from a retirement party last night to find that the shower and toilet had backed up and overflowed, running down an interior wall into the garage and taking out the electricity in that part of the house. With 5 days until I leave for General Conference, this is not what I needed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a metaphor for General Conference!\u201d my friend Gwen crowed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rev. Mary K. (Sellon) Huycke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As usual, she\u2019s right.\u00a0 <\/span>Human interactions around emotional topics invariably create waste products \u2013 frustration, anxiety, fear, anger.\u00a0 <\/span>These emotions aren\u2019t bad; they (like all the others) need to be felt and allowed to clear.\u00a0 <\/span>When they are ignored or minimized, they have a tendency to either leak out or pile up to a \u201cstraw that broke the camel\u2019s back\u201d moment and rush out explosively.\u00a0 <\/span>Those are the moments when General Conference gets ugly. I can\u2019t control anyone else, but I can work to manage me.<\/span><\/p>\n

My clogged sewer line is turning out to be a great reminder to tend to my emotional\/spiritual health during the coming conference and be compassionate with the people around me.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve noticed this week that my anxiety \u201ctells\u2019 are showing.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve been impatient in meetings and a bit short-tempered. The piles on my desk have slumped and melded into one large pool. I need to slow down and do some inner work before I leave for Portland and think through some strategies for re-centering once I\u2019m there.<\/span><\/p>\n

My plumber is on his way over now, along with our contractor friend. Just like I don\u2019t have to figure out how to fix our plumbing system by myself, I don\u2019t have to \u201cdo\u201d General Conference alone.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a good reminder to utilize the tools and practices that I know help keep me centered and to ask for help from others BEFORE things get messy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahhh, the doorbell.\u00a0 <\/span>God bless plumbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary K. (Sellon) Huycke works as a leadership coach for clergy, congregations and judicatory bodies navigating change and transition. She has served as a DS and as pastor in settings ranging from new church start to redevelopment and co-authored several books, the most recent being Pathway to Renewal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: “SOS Plumber” by Flicker user\u00a0clement127<\/a>,\u00a0CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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