R.J. Neuhaus on Leadership and Conflict
But, as a general rule, the operative assumption is that such conflict results from people seeking an importance and a vocation other than their own. The appropriate action is for the pastor to recall them to their own vocation and strengthen them in it by the exemplary pursuit of his vocation.
Neuhaus, Richard. Freedom for Ministry. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1979.
This sword cuts both directions. At times the pastor creates conflict by seeking an importance and vocation not his or her own.
