Friday, October 04, 2013

It’s Time to Talk Power


How to recognize and use the gift that most eludes the church.

This Sunday, thousands of pastors will prepare for worship. Some of them will wear distinctive clothing—the albs and stoles of liturgical churches echo ancient priestly garments. But many more pastors will wear nothing that marks them out as different from their congregations.

Walk into many of our churches today, especially the ones that are growing fastest and spreading their influence widest, and you could never pick the pastors out of the crowd.

Except, perhaps, for one difference. Keep reading

Also see
Book Review: Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power

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