The internal and psychological stress of leading, exploring, learning and keeping an organization on mission is demanding. The fear of failure weighs heavy on all types of leaders, but perhaps even more so for pastors. When failing can mean losing your job (survival), community (acceptance), reputation (competence), even the possibility of failure can make us feel out of control. We start to pine for the security and stability that would come with being considered experts, being granted some kind of tenure, being considered successful. We long to be seen as the expert and experience the
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