July 31, 2012
Even a Leader Needs a Friend
By Patti Cappa Very successful people, driven people, devoted people, parents, leaders of all kinds, and people in ministry leadership sometimes don”t have a best friend. We hear the excuses time and again from those who come to us at Marble Retreat (an interdenominational Christian counseling center primarily serving people in ministry): “It isn”t safe to have best friends,” they say. “I don”t have time for them.” “I am simply too busy with work and ministry to make such an investment.” “I really don”t need a best friend. That”s for children.” “I have God and/or my spouse and I don”t
