About five years ago a pastor-student, after reading stuff I had written about power abuse by church leaders, asked if I had written anything on the reverse dynamic: church abuse of pastors!
Thank you, Scot! As a 35 year old student pastor, 35 years ago, my first lesson in divisiveness also showed me the confluence of limited freedom in life and the freedom realized in the church. Since then, I’ve seen divisiveness when the “power” folks started losing control to the emerging “goodness” that was lifting everyone. My faults happened when I was thinking more about getting “my way”, rather than The/His Way.
Thank you, Scot! As a 35 year old student pastor, 35 years ago, my first lesson in divisiveness also showed me the confluence of limited freedom in life and the freedom realized in the church. Since then, I’ve seen divisiveness when the “power” folks started losing control to the emerging “goodness” that was lifting everyone. My faults happened when I was thinking more about getting “my way”, rather than The/His Way.
Eye opening. Thank you Scott
We love our pastors like Jonathan Swift loved poor children, especially for our after-church lunch on Sundays, don't we!