This morning as I left my hotel in Milwaukee, WI to head for the airport for a flight to Denver, CO I engaged my van driver in conversation. I was the only passenger. As we modulated through the various levels of an initial conversation, we began moving through the six degrees of separation. We did not make it all the way to having a common friend, but we got close in a five minute ride.
I had been in Milwaukee speaking to a United Church of Christ [UCC] meeting. I was headed to Denver to speak to a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod [LCMS] meeting. My driver grew up in a Lutheran Church-Wisconsin Synod. This is very conservative group. However, he is now a member of a UCC congregation in Milwaukee and his adult children are all members of LCMS congregations.
The day before a UCC pastor from Milwaukee had been my driver to and from the meeting where I spoke. Today my van drive thought he had heard of this pastor's church, and thought he had heard of the pastor. That was about as close as we could get in a five minute conversation. I suspect with five minutes more we might have hit the target of full connection.
The world is really a small place. Get out there and network.
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