Authority and Example

Authority and Example
3 John 9-15

One of the many things I relished about serving as a bishop was the way in which my life would swing sharply from dealing with national and international issues one minute to dealing with small, sharp and tricky problems in this church here or that group there. Or even with one person in particular. Perhaps it’s always like that in ministry: the big, fuzzy issues that it’s hard to get clear in your mind but which you know matter enormously for the wider church, and the small, brightly lit storms in this or that teacup...

Taken from Early Christian Letters For Everyone by Tom Wright