Letter to the editor: Nouwen's advice

Notes: "'It is a painful fact to realize how poorly prepared most Christian leaders prove to be when they are invited to be spiritual leaders in the true sense. Most of them are use to thinking in terms of large-scale organization, getting people together in churches, schools and hospitals, and running the show as a circus director. They have become unfamiliar with, and even somewhat afraid of, the deep and significant movements of the spirit' -- Henri H.J. Nouwen, 'The Wounded Healer' (Image Books, 1979, 37-8). These words from one of the great spiritual theologians of our time, Fr. Henri Nouwen, are the best commentary available on the restructuring of the Anglican church in Canada as described on page one of the 'Anglican Journal', Jan. 2013". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Leadership - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Leadership - Religious aspects - Christianity; Nouwen, Henri J.M., 1932-1996; Anglican Church of Canada - 21st century