Monday, July 13, 2009

SHADOW OR LIGHT

"The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present. Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: 'You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed,…'" (Acts 21:18-21a NIV)

A leader is someone with the power to project either a shadow or light onto some part of the world and onto the lives of the people who dwell there… A good leader is intensely aware of the interplay of inner shadow and light, lest the act of leadership do more harm than good.

-- Parker Palmer in Let Your Life Speak


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