Pg 30- the Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. That is the way Jesus came to reveal God’s love.
Pg. 34-Feeling irrelevant is a much more general experience than we might think when we look at our seemingly self-confident society.
Pg. 37-But: Are you in love with Jesus? Perhaps another way of putting the question would be: Do you know the incarnate God? In our world of loneliness and despair, there is an enormous need for men and women who know the heart of God, a heart that forgives, cares, reaches out and wants to heal.
Pg. 40-The radical good news is that the second love is only a broken reflection of the first love and that the first love is offered to us by a God in whom there are no shadows.
Pg. 41-He cries out in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me! Let anyone who believes in me come and drink.”
Pg. 41- The desire to be relevant and successful will gradually disappear, and our only desire will be to say with our whole being to our brothers and sisters of the human race, “You are loved.”
Pg. 58-I need my brothers or sisters to pray with me, to speak with me about the spiritual task at hand, and to challenge me to stay pure in mind, heart, and body. But far more importantly, it is Jesus who heals, not I; Jesus who speaks words of truth not I; Jesus who is Lord not I.
Pg. 61- Laying down your life means making your own faith and doubt, hope and despair, joy and sadness, courage and fear available to others as ways of getting in touch with the Lord of life.
Pg. 61, 62-We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for. The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for the unlimited and unconditional love of God.
Pg. 78-The temptation of power is greatest when intimacy is a threat
Pg. 81-But Jesus has a different vision of maturity: It is the ability and willingness to be led where you would rather not go.
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