Pressure Situations: Lessons from the Oscars

If you have managed children’s programs, are a teacher, have been responsible for groups where recognition is made, or perhaps have been on the receiving end of omitted recognitions or errant announcements, you understand the kind of things that can happen.   The Oscar incident provides a good opportunity to consider how we, as Christians, should think about the whole area of awards, recognition, and honoring of others’ accomplishments.