I'm A Lightbulb
Pastor Doug
was pulling the hair out of his head - he was totally stressed and exhausted. He met
Pastor Mike outside the Church and expressed his concern to Pastor Mike that he was
finding it very difficult to get people to work for him at the Church... he expected his
staff to work 8 days in every week and to crank out the time and energy.
Pastor Mike walked into the Church office and met Ken (the office administrator) and Clair
(the secretary). To his surprise, Ken was hanging from a rafter, swinging back and forth,
upside down!
Pastor Mike went back to meet Pastor Doug and asked him, "Have you seen and heard
about Ken?"
Pastor Doug responded, "Oh, that's Ken and Clair - they're always complaining that I
don't give them time off - that I make them work long hours. I expect them to work 70
hours and last week I only let them work 65. They should be happy - they should be
thankful."
Pastor Mike said to Pastor Doug, "I think you should go in there - I think that
something bad is taking place." They both went into the office, and there was Ken -
swinging upside down from the rafters... Ken was saying, "I'm a lightbulb, I'm a
lightbulb, I'm a lightbulb." They knew that the stress had gotten to Ken and he
couldn't bare up any longer.
Finally, Pastor Doug said to Ken, "Come down, Ken - you need some rest. You go home
and I'll give you the rest of the week off."
Ken dropped down, smiling to himself because his plan had finally worked. As Ken runs out
the door, Clair also bolted for the door.
Pastor Doug shouted to Clair, "Where are you going?"
She said, "You don't expect me to work here without any lights, do you?"