MISSION STATEMENTS...

I find it interesting that while many people don't like the job the President is doing, many fail to realize that the Congress approval rating has been lower than the President's. Perhaps if they would give him something worth signing, then they might get something accomplished.

That brings me to my point. What if Congress had a mission statement. As it is now, you've got hundreds of members of Congress running around with their own mission statements. IT DOESN'T WORK!!! Nothing gets accomplished when the a group of people are all headed in separate directions.

We attend what many people call a megachurch. Their growth has been spectacular. I believe that one of the reasons they have been so successful at reaching new people is because they have a mission, and everything they do has that purpose in mind. Every dollar spent is to fulfill the mission. Every person hired is to fulfill the mission. Every project started is to fulfill the mission. If they start to deviate from the mission, I can guarantee the church will fail. They've modified the mission statement before to either further define it or expand it a little, but it still has a unified purpose. Here is their current mission statement below:

"The mission of CedarCreek.tv is to help spiritually restless and unchurched people love Jesus, serve others and tell the world about Christ."

I makes me wonder what would happen if Congress had a mission statement. Their current one might read something like this:

"To tax the public to no end, spend more than we bring in, accomplish nothing but pet projects, provide no meaningful service for the public, and get re-elected again."

My point is that there is no focus in Washington. If they could sit down and devise something that made sense and then ask themselves the next time they want to do something whether it not it met the requirements of the mission statement, government spending would decrease and things would get done.

Perhaps they could have a mission statement like:

"Provide a national infrastructure (roads), defend the public against enemies (military), and protect the well-being of the public."

Simple isn't it, probably doesn't cover everything, but then again, many of the things not included should be left up to the states or local governments to accomplish. Besides state and local governments are more in tune to what their residents' needs are than a big government who has representatives from across the nation trying to get their own piece of the pie.

As it stands now, there is no mission statement, and therefore no direction. They simply pick the latest craze (healthcare or retirement) and say, "we're going to look at this for a while." Not, "should be working on this?"