Thursday, October 28, 2010

Final thought on cowboy pastors

It occurs to me that not only is it poor form and practice to be a cowboy pastor, it's also poor form and practice to "drive" one's colleagues at work.

Thankfully, I'm learning this by trying to "shepherd" colleagues I'm responsible for and watching the results as others "drive" them, and not vice versa.  It is as if people.....remember how they're treated, and whether or not they are of the flock, or even the fold, they are more like sheep than cattle. 

2 comments:

Night Writer said...

Our pastor has a simple phrase: "Goats you drive, sheep you lead."

Bike Bubba said...

That works at least Biblically.....whether or not it works in agriculture.