Late Again–How do I Respond?

A number of weeks ago my wife and I arranged a meeting with the president of the local religious congregation we are serving. We were to meet at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon to plan some upcoming meetings with his presidency and other leaders of the congregation.

Wearrived at the church just before the appointed time and found we were first there. We opened the doors and waited. After a few minutes we decided to do something constructive and so went to work sweeping and dusting. We worked...