Q: How do the qualifications for leaders given in this passage encourage and challenge you? Which ones do you meet right now? Which qualifications do you need to grow in?
A: I would say that in general these passages tend to challenge me more then encourage. I often think that it would be better not to lead in any fashion because you are held to a higher standard. I don’t like being in the public eye so that people can judge me and make hypocritical decisions about me and the things they don’t like about me. I grew up with this going on constantly and so I tend to shy away from that sort of thing now. But sometimes you are called to do things that you don’t particularly want to do, and that is one of the tough parts about being a Christian, and sometimes you have to just do it. I actually think I could grow in most if not all of the qualifications Paul lists for being a leader. So I won’t spend much time on that, and just call this a wrap.