Why Practicing Servant Leadership Is Such A Huge Challenge In Jamaica
Practicing servant leadership is a massive challenge to the Christian community globally. By using examples in your cultural context why would you say is it such a huge challenge and what are the obstacles in the way to live or practice servant leadership in your community? During the last quarter of 2008, I was approached by the director of spiritual affairs at the Jamaica Theological Seminary with a question that caused me to reflect deeply for many days. The resulting reflection troubled me immensely. The theme chosen for Seminary for the academic year 2008 – 2009 was “Servant Leadership: The way up is down.” I was asked by him to help him identify local pastors who embodied servant leadership to be invited to speak at the chapel sessions throughout the year. Immediately I realized that I had been asked a very difficult question because by all stretches of the imagination I was hard pressed to identify such leaders. This led me to seriously ponder why is it that ...