A Leader’s Lifeline in the Crucible of Ministry
Posted by tom | May 21, 2007Ruth Haley Barton's most recent email featured a piece from her forthcoming Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Experiencing God in the Crucible of Ministry (InterVarsity Press, 2008). Take a few minutes to reflect upon A Leader's Lifeline in the Crucible of Ministry and pray for those God has called to shepherd His sheep. My prayer focus is for the team of pastors and the church board which is leading our local congregation through a pastoral search process. Here's a quote from her acquaintance Gary Hogeboom, a former NFL quarterback who starred in a season of Survivor:
"I didn't want to be the leader because the leader always get voted off the island."I [Barton] immediately thought, "Now there's a man who knows something about leadership!
Barton goes on to discuss Moses' leadership in the desert with the People of God. Note: for current IVP releases by Barton go to http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/author.pl/author_id=868
