Someone was telling me yesterday how, in our culture, we don’t seem to seek out the older generation to mentor us. Rowland Croucher is one such elder statesman who has been a mentor to many a burnt out pastor over the years. Our society needs more people like him to turn to for their wisdom – the wisdom that only comes with the experience of life. It is a wisdom that comes too out of a maturity arising out of long days and nights spent in meditation, prayer and contemplation on the vagaries of this life. Here are a few examples of such wisdom:
“Enemies and close friends are the only two groups who will tell you the truth about yourself.”
“Walter Brueggeman said in answer to the question, ‘What’s the Old Testament about?: ‘It’s about a God of grace who often breaks the rules God has set for God’s creatures.'”
“Success will feed your ego but never your soul.”
