During September I'm blogging each day about one thing I've learned from 35 years of doing ministry. Nothing about it is rocket science -- they're just tips that have served me well these past three decades.Decades ago people thought it unwise or wrong as a leader to say you had problems or faults.
The generation that is on us today knows something the church largely denied for decades. Church leaders aren't in their positions because they're absent of sin, temptations, desires or failures. They've seen too many scandals in the church to believe that anymore.
They aren't looking for perfection (thank goodness). They're looking for open and honest conversation about personal struggles. They're looking for genuineness, realness, a willingness to admit and confess shortcomings and then tell how the faithfulness and work of God has shown up in those areas.
Sure, there's wisdom with all of this. There's no virtue in heaving out all your Tuesday sins to the world. Nobody wants to hear that and that isn't what I'm talking about.
It's the honest, vulnerable unravelling of our frailties, flaws and limitations and our expressed need for the grace of God. People don't love you less when you do that.
And be blessed.
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