A good host
The Rev Dr Martin Johnstone reflects on the power of the art of hosting as a vital leadership skill.
PEOPLE don’t want to be part of an anxious organisation. And too much of our Church is ridden with anxiety. And this sense of perpetual crisis encourages us to imagine that what we need is order out of chaos, a strong, clear direction. Even if it is backwards! And then all will be well. But it won’t.
There is a regular refrain running through the Gospels. People want Jesus to be the hero of the hour, the swashbuckling conqueror, the sort of Messiah who will lead from the front, take on the Romans and throw them out of Palestine.