Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do.

Leaders don't inflict pain - they share pain.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.

By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.