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Page 1: RCIA’s most vexing problems—and some creative solutions

RCIA’s Most Vexing Problems—and Some Creative Solutions

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Overview

Eat the frog

Wicked problems

Four wicked problems

Lightning round

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“Eat a live frog

first thing in the

morning and

nothing worse

will happen to

you the rest of

the day.”

―Mark

T w a i n

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Eat the frog

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What’s your frog?

It’s probably the one thing, that if you tackled, would have the greatest positive impact

If you have two frogs, eat the ugliest one first

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If you do have to eat a live frog, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for a long time.

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Basic frog eating skills

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Wicked problemsWicked doesn't mean evil

It means resistant to solution

A wicked problem is a social or cultural problem that is difficult or impossible to solve

Sometimes, frogs are "wicked problems”

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Characteristics of wicked problems

– Each situation is unique; your mystagogy problem is different than my mystagogy problem

– Difficult to measure success

– Solutions can only be better or worse, not true or false

– There is no template to follow; we have to make it up as we go

– There is always more than one explanation for a wicked problem

– Every wicked problem is the symptom of another problem

– Efforts to solve a wicked problem may cause other problems

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How to deal with wicked problems

Involve everyone concerned in the conversation

Make everyone feel like they own the problem by being transparent

Concentrate on possibility rather than probability

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Four wicked problems

Annulments

Year-roundprocess

Mystagogy

Dismissal

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Lightning Round

Year-round

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• Greater sense of control

• More peace

• Develop deeper trust in God

What if we started tackling wicked problems?

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What’s next?

Recording:

TeamRCIA.com/vexingproblems

Password: n13417d

Next webinar:

How to teach the Eucharistic Prayer

Thursday, May 9, 2013

2:00 pm Eastern

No frogs were harmed in the making of this webinar.

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