I thought this was interesting…and tiring.
The Rev. Warren Carr of Durham, North Carolina, prepared a questionnaire asking his congregation to tell him how much time that they thought he should give to a list of specified tasks. The members of his congregation were shocked to discover that the average work week indicated by their answers was 82 hours. One answer proposed a schedule of 200 hours — 32 more than there are in a week. — Life Magazine, August 20, 1956, p.102 (quoted in Shepherding God’s Flock, Jay Adams, p.39)
I wonder if some of the sheep have lowered their expectations 51 years later. Based on some recent conversations I’ve had and blog posts I’ve read, I don’t think so.
