Forming The Leader's Soul Quotes

“When we live as a false self we fear that our lack of a true center for our identity will be revealed and that weakness exploited by others. One of the ways our false self tries to compensate is to find our identity in performance.”4 Hence, the motives driving the ministry are tainted in a way that results in the leader expending unnecessary energy to meet the expectations of others.”
― Morris Dirks, Forming The Leader's Soul: An Invitation To Spiritual Direction

“If you are lucky, God will lead you to a situation you cannot control, you cannot fix, or you cannot even understand. At that point true spirituality begins. Up to that point is all just preparation.”1”
― Morris Dirks, Forming The Leader's Soul: An Invitation To Spiritual Direction

“Richard Rohr, a well-known Franciscan friar and priest offers these words for people who find themselves in a season of disorientation: “If you are lucky, God will lead you to a situation you cannot control, you cannot fix, or you cannot even understand. At that point true spirituality begins. Up to that point is all just preparation.”
― Morris Dirks, Forming The Leader's Soul: An Invitation To Spiritual Direction