One of the greatest barriers to soul-tending work is a false dualism we perpetuate, the separation of organizational leadership and spiritual leadership. We put our best spiritual leaders in deacon-type roles and ask them to tend the spiritual, educational, and pastoral life of the organization. We put our best fiduciary and strategic thinkers in the role of board leaders or trustees, and we ask them to take care of the organization. In doing this, we create a dualistic leadership system. You are either an organizational type or a spiritual type.
