A Plentiful Harvest; Leaders Must Search For Lost Sheep

By John W. Fountain

By John W. Fountain

My latest column in this weekend’s Chicago Sun-Times:

I am your pastor, dear sister. But in these years you have been in our midst, I must confess that I have never reached out to your husband to invite him to our church. Never telephoned once or even written him to simply introduce myself…

I might argue that I have been busy — worrying about finances, busy with “building the ministry,” with meetings, with church functions and an endless list of pastoral duties, and with my own family. Busy sometimes to the point of sheer exhaustion.

Still, I have neglected the small thing. That which requires neither money nor an expanse of time: To show that I care.

FOUNTAIN: Leaders must search for sheep in the pasture
I am your pastor, dear sister. But in these years you have been in our midst, I must confess that I have never reached…chicago.suntimes.com