Apologies Should be a Part of a Leaders Life
Cap’n Dave has finished his seven-part series on Preserving Your Pastor (based on a survey Dr. Thom Ranier did of pastors) and I encourage you to check it out if you haven’t already done so. Dave has helped a lot of pastors over the decades and he has a lot of wisdom to share.
Dr. Ranier had another excellent article today that I also urge you to read:
The only thing I would change in his article is to add one more line to his close. He wrote:
Real leaders apologize.
Real Christian leaders apologize.
I would add:
Real leaders apologize.
Real Christian leaders apologize.
Real Christians apologize.
Because truly, we all need to apologize at times. Every friendship (that isn’t fake). Every marriage. Every parenting relationship, friendship, volunteer position, employee position … if more than one person is involved and if the relationship has any depth at all, at some point, we will need to apologize.
I think I’ll review The Seven A’s of Confession now …