I was kidding, but he liked the idea, so when he came home from work he maintained a cheerful
silence (communicating via sign language that he wanted a glass of wine, whereupon his
silence grew even more cheerful) and spent some
time sketching out a little liturgy
involving the reading of the Gospel story, the handing - over of a baby doll, the writing of a note, and the loosing of his tongue to proclaim the Benedictus.
Leaders often have
time to process their own reactions to change before the change is presented to the staff, and by then the leaders just want to get on with implementing the change — but if the leaders don't get all the staff
involved in the process, there will be resistance, if not overt, then in the form of non-committal and deafening
silence, when the change is attempted.