Keep Your Friends Close; Keep Your Enemies Even Closer
“We should note that a shepherd’s love is a choice, not a feeling. Count on it. There will always be a group of sheep that you’d rather send to the butcher. But shepherds who love only those whom they like fail the love test of shepherding.”
_Joseph M. Stowell, Shepherding the Church into the 21st Century
In this video I recount a time I was taken to the proverbial woodshed by an angry church member, all because I failed to keep an “enemy” close.
