so my arisefest blog got quite a few people heated in terms of the manner in which i dealt with some of the frustrations i had concerning my arisefest experience (which for the most part was a completely incredible experience – the people who missed the point certainly didn’t spoil it for me or anyone else i doubt) and some of the behaviours i witnessed…
[what was an interesting phenomenon was how quickly the issues were dropped/ignored in the interest of arguing about how they were dealt with – a less interesting phenomenon was how significant my spelling of the word ‘thought’ as ‘thort’ became in people’s judgement of me… hm?]
anyways, all that aside, it got me thinking a lot about how we should challenge people and hold them accountable when they appearingly step out of line and the common thort is that we should gently pull them aside and caution/rebuke them. correct?
you know, like Jesus taught in matthew 19.15-17 which starts off, “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ and so on.
that does feel like the correct response, but is it the same thing we’re talking about?
it talks about ‘your brother sins against you’ whereas what i was speaking into was a situation with various people/groups sinning publically as opposed to just against me – how did Jesus respond to that?
I am glad this whole thing is behind us now. The guy played very well and got the crowd roaring. If he played a bit overtime I’m sure he just got carried away with the energy of the party. Your other blog post mentioned pushing and shoving between MC and band dude, but the main thing is that you guys have apologized to each other. Fighting is the last thing we must see at a party like this. I think in future they must limit the MC as it can break the mode of the party.
see what i wrote in response to your other post – it’s not about how well or badly the band plays – it’s the fact that there were 11 bands scheduled to play and showed complete disregard for the bands after him – he didn’t get carried away and forget the time because he got a 5 minute call from the side which he chose to rant about using up two minutes of his time before launching into two extra songs when he was told he could have one… the mc was given a job by the organisers of the festival and the bands all signed contracts (or were meant to) saying they understood how it worked and agreeing to that. a lot more was expected.
Were you the mc?
i was the mc, yes.