You're Not Alone

I was talking to a deaconess once, about how she was getting on with busing some choirs to our Church. She said, “Decisions, decisions” -- and she was taking all the decisions on herself. I said, “You’re not alone! You don’t have to take all these decisions yourself! You’re surrounded by Christian brothers and sisters who can help and advise you.” OBSERVATION: Ministers have this syndrome, too -- a lot, I think. They assume the wise and lonely role of Solomon, forgetting that they can just ask the Body. Church leadership authors Roxburgh and Romanuk wrote, “Pastors have been schooled to think and act in a sola pastora way.”