How Jesus Doesn't Manage

Pentecost 20 Glynn Cardy preached at his boyhood parish in Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ. He explored the difference between good management and good leadership, with Jesus as an example of the latter. "Jesus wouldn't have got a job in the Church, and if he had he would have turned it down. The Bible portrays him as confrontational, challenging, and disturbing. He was rude to those in authority. He disregarded the rules. He spent more time with the unfaithful than he did with the faithful. He got into heated arguments and said outlandish things. He had grandiose ideas that didn't seem to lead anywhere. He was impractical. The bottom line was: Jesus served no one but God. An employee of the club needs to serve the needs of the club." Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/?sid=74&id=658. 22 October 2006