tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post4478727969151826041..comments2023-06-16T15:53:30.833+01:00Comments on What's this all about Vicar?(Formerly, Why do we have to do this Sir?): Transactional Analysis and the Priest’s role in fostering spiritual maturity."Sir"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03459619874470824848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-4185108208523883382014-04-11T19:39:24.624+01:002014-04-11T19:39:24.624+01:00...apart from that... TA can be a useful analytica......apart from that... TA can be a useful analytical tool to look at situations retrospectively and to reflect with. Not so hot as a basis for preparing. Contexts have too many variables and in truth, we rarely occupy one of the positions entirely. More often we are a combination of all three states going on at once to some degree, the context being most influential in deciding that which has dominance. Perhaps people get stuck because they need to feel that they have arrived, have learned that which they need to and don't really want that tedious return to childhood state and the teenage search for identity... Hence the awful tendency to seek that which affirms our world-view rather than information which challenges it. Or reflecting in trinitarian styleee, we're happy with the Jesus state, find the Father business too demanding and don't really fancy a return to the Spirit of childhood?Revd. Neal Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542436308490963201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-59262322421531209772014-04-11T19:17:39.337+01:002014-04-11T19:17:39.337+01:00Make them thirsty, then you don't have to lead...Make them thirsty, then you don't have to lead at all, just stand by with buckets, the full and the empty that they can go fill for themselves and others.Revd. Neal Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542436308490963201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416690019192389583.post-62202258365815672092014-04-05T19:13:56.002+01:002014-04-05T19:13:56.002+01:00I have avoided Myers-Briggs (or is it the Higgs-Bo...I have avoided Myers-Briggs (or is it the Higgs-Bosun?) like the plague, but I'm a great fan of Transactional Analysis. (After all it has Anal in it, and I'm all for getting to the bottom of things). It has been incredibly helpful in my dealings with PCC's and the mysteries of church congregations and priests alike. Richard Thttp://www.saintlyramblings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com