By Jennie Weiss Block - Copious Hosting: A Theology of Access for People with Disabilities (2002-02-01) [Paperback] - Inspiring Faith-Based Inclusion for Churches & Communities

I read this a couple years back and have returned to it multiple times. I found the work quite thought-provoking, challenging - doesn't provide easy answers rather suggests questions to ask yourself, that may send you in new directions. I found myself agreeing with most of what he says - and while it's not immediately clear how to apply it to my job, career planning, or life in general, life is a journey and the right questions can take you in valuable new directions. Here are the "How" questions Block says people are too quick to focus on, followed by the "Yes questions" he suggests you think about instead:How question 1: How do you do it?Yes question 1: What refusal have I been postponing?How question 2: How long will it take?Yes question 2: What commitment am I willing to make?How question 3: How much does it cost?Yes question 3: What is the price I am willing to pay?How question 4: How do you get those people to change?Yes question 4: What is my contribution to the problem I am concerned with?How question 5: How do we measure it?Yes question 5: What is the crossroads at which I find myself at this point in my life/work?How question 6: How are other people doing it successfully?Yes question 6: What do we want to create together?Block's basic critique is, people are generally too quick to get to the "how" questions, w/o properly considering what matters/what is really important. Very strong on acting on what matters, not waiting for others or depending on others - what is most important has to come from within.I was wishing for some concrete examples tho of what it would look like if you acted on this stuff - but Block does note at some point that examples will be of limited use, as the way these precepts are implemented will vary considerably from place to place and person to person (asking for more information is usually just a stalling tactic, a strategy for putting off action). So I continue to be challenged and provoked by these questions.