The Atlas Factor

Leaders often bear the weight of the church on their shoulders. But have we made leadership into something it was never meant to be?   Most of us are familiar with Atlas, the mythological Greek figure condemned to hold up the heavens. If you have ever been a pastor, no doubt you have felt something similar. Being "the leader" often feels like an overwhelming burden. In an era plagued by the fall of influential pastors, it's time to reconsider our fundamental understanding and appl