From Steven Dale Davi­son:

Because lead­er­ship is a spir­i­tu­al prac­tice, its exer­cise needs spir­i­tu­al sup­port from the com­mu­ni­ty. To enable good lead­ers, we need reli­gious edu­ca­tion in the faith and prac­tice of lis­ten­ing and min­istry. We need to view proac­tive nur­ture of vocal min­istry as the pri­ma­ry path­way of bring­ing forth lead­ers in our meet­ings. Lead­er­ship needs a robust infra­struc­ture for the care of lead­ings and to sup­port dis­cern­ment and ministry.

Because we humans are the vehi­cle for the lead­er­ship of the Spir­it, and because most of us are not by nature very good at this spir­i­tu­al­i­ty, either as lead­ers or as fol­low­ers, we have to work at it. We have to learn it, and there­fore, we have to teach and mod­el it.

I’ve been feel­ing as if my own spir­i­tu­al prac­tice isn’t as cen­tered as I’d like. I want to make more time for spir­i­tu­al read­ing, includ­ing the Bible, dur­ing the week.

Learn­ing to Follow 

On being led by the Spirit.

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