Narcissistic Pastors

  "Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm -- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves."  T.S. Eliot

This quote is used in an article just released on LeadershipJournal.net entitled, "Pastoral Narcissism: The Shadow Side of Ambition" by JR Kerr.  So true and convicting... for some of us.

Read article here.

 

Comments

[Grant Wood]

I'm thinking now about what it is in the bigger climate of Western Christianity that allows the growth of narcissistic leadership. Thanks for the article.

[Mike King]

Hey Grant, you're right... it is also just as prevalent in Political and Business leaders.