Less Than. Not Equal To.
My Facebook feed is an interesting place. It's full of conservatives and liberals and odd folks like me who have ideas about things that are all over the map. And pastors and church leaders. I have lots of Facebook friends who are pastors and church leaders (although I may have a few less after this post), and I used to love engaging my colleagues in all sorts of interesting conversations---most of which would devolve into theological disagreements and even carefully worded insults and digs. How very Christian of us. Then I heard a pastor that I really admire say something that has changed the way that I interact with people on social media. Since this pastor has successfully grown his church from like 12 people to over 40,000 in a little over fifteen years, and is literally one of the smartest leaders I know... I listen to what he has to say when he talks about leadership, and specifically leadership in the church. This is what he said: " Don't lose your...