thoughts on the Spirit

From the National Pastors Convention. And from a Methodist oddly enough. Skye Jethani notes this at the end of his post:

The mysterious movement of God’s Spirit is what separates spiritual leadership from all other kinds. Some want us to believe that “leadership is leadership” whether in business, government, or church. And we can take principles from one arena and employ them in the others. I don’t believe that. Sure, pragmatics are transferable, but the work of the Living God is something altogether mysterious and uncontrollable.

I certainly agree. Which is sort of what bothers me about many books on ministry.