A pub near to where I live has a sign outside it bearing the legend 'Win big in 98'. At some point last year someone has obviously tried to rub out the 8 and alter the sign to 99, but gave up. The sign is now a staggering two years out of date (or an even more staggering millennium out of date, unless you're one of those pedants who won't celebrate until 2001. By that logic I guess you have to tell your kids that their life didn't properly start until their first birthday.)
In spite of this no attempt has been made to take it down and replace it with something accurate and up to date.
Same old formula
How many of us are running groups that operate on the same basis as that pub sign? How many of our groups are doing what we've always done, long after it ceased to be relevant, helpful or fruitful? If you were to take a good long look at what you do with your group, how much could be described as seeming like a good idea once upon a time, but doesn't really work anymore? Maybe as people and situations have changed, the original reason for doing something no longer applies. But still you go on with the same old patterns as before.
