"Status and power joined by the hunger for intimacy form a trinity of wrong reasons to become a preacher."
Without realizing it, those who crave preaching are sometimes subconsciously looking for a vehicle of interpersonal expression. This is normally a good desire, except in someone who is incapable of or unwilling to make intimate relationships outside of a high-profile ministry role. The tragedy is not merely that the public ministry is not congruous with the private, but that the positive reinforcement received for the public ministry may postpone indefinitely the challenge of learning how to make intimate relationships with a person outside of a role."
Paul Stevens, Every Person a Minister.
Without realizing it, those who crave preaching are sometimes subconsciously looking for a vehicle of interpersonal expression. This is normally a good desire, except in someone who is incapable of or unwilling to make intimate relationships outside of a high-profile ministry role. The tragedy is not merely that the public ministry is not congruous with the private, but that the positive reinforcement received for the public ministry may postpone indefinitely the challenge of learning how to make intimate relationships with a person outside of a role."
Paul Stevens, Every Person a Minister.
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