when the deadline passes tomorrow and the mediation has failed for good, i will not suffer one bit. it will be no different than the solution i chose for myself.
but there are people in the church who had high hopes for the mediation, because apparently something about that protest isn't sitting comfortably on everyone.
the person with the most to lose is arguably the pastor.
if you knew the mediation had tanked on tuesday and watched the daily protests resume on wednesday and by thursday you still hadn't called the pastor to let her know what shitstorm she'd just returned to, you'd be a weasel.
if you were prepared to let the mediation fail and toss the considerable investment the church has in it be thrown away, you'd be a weasel AND you'd be fiscally irresponsible.
you're probably the sort of person who sends anonymous letters.
you're probably the sort of person who will show up to welcome back the pastor and not tell her you were going to hang her out to dry.
because by not telling her what you had done, you left her unprepared to face this, and since she's the person with the most to lose in this situation, if you were a faithful supporter or a good custodian of your congregation's resources, or a decent person, you'd have given her a heads up.
but you didn't.
you know how much money this mediation is costing, right?
you know what's at stake, right?
yeah, i thought so.
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