I don't know who coined the phrase first but having been a church leader for a decade (I'm not currently), the phrase refers to a value aspired to by many clergy and lay leaders.
But I agree with your comments and Greenleaf's quote still stands today. My observation is that the more systemised, structured and property-bound the organisation is, the less flexible, the less focussed and the less generous it becomes. There is simply too much to protect, maintain and compete for.
The leader in that situation often lives with internal conflict over what she/he would like to do and what they feel they must.
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
www.americanlegends.blogspot.com
If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thank You,
Dave
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