Within the Missouri Baptist Convention, especially at Southwest Baptist University, there exists an almost universal sense of what we have come to call "time arrogance."
Time arrogance is the belief that they -- as trustees, administrators, ministers, faculty or staff members -- are too busy/important, or are not the designated committee member or employee to handle the task ... or are simply not a person that needs or wants to bother with concerns, challenges or complexities of ... some other person.
The implicit underlying philosophy of this behavior is that the other person, who is not an individual from their family, community alliance or socio-political confederation, is, therefore, NOT of any real value or worth to them and, hence, not worth their time.
In order to avoid these evasions, Marie has agreed, this past weekend, to accept the assistance of an intermediary consultant -- an individual who is well- acquainted with the principal participants and will be able to see that all pertinent documents are delivered, read and answered promptly.
Also, we have heard a lot of questions ... about how
this is all going to work.We've tried to answer some of these questions in a substantial post entitled: "Re-Dreaming: The Unicorn Principle as Applied to Southwest Baptist University and the Missouri Baptist Convention ... or How Is This Going to Work?," which is scheduled for publication early this week.
An additional update on Marie's formal complaint with The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (here) against both Southwest Baptist University and the Missouri Baptist Convention for numerous violations of the Higher Learning Commission's Criteria for Accreditation will be posted as soon as possible.
