Well-Intentioned Dragons
"To those scorched by dragons but not reduced to ashes nor hardened beyond feeling, who in the face of beastliness maintain their humanity and divine calling, this book is dedicated." These are the men and women that Marshall Shelley, executive editor of Leadership Journal wrote this book for. In the introduction the author states, "This is a book about ministering while under attack. It was prepared after interviews with dozens of pastors who candidly described the difficult people they have faced" (page 13). I read Well-Intentioned Dragons awhile back and it was a sobering reminder to me that sometimes God's sheep can become Rogue Sheep, and take on the form of "well-intentioned dragons." I have been in pastoral ministry for over 10 years now, and I have come across each of the dragons mentioned within the pages of this book, and have the lasting scars from within to prove it. In chapter two of this book, Identifying a Dragon , the auth...