Here’s a
prayer for good leadership from John van de Laar’s Sacredise website.
Prayer for Good Leaders
There are
so many people of influence in our world, Jesus,
Those
with loud voices and deep pockets,
those
with large lives and wide networks.
But,
where are the leaders?
As
we struggle to keep our broken humanity
from
splintering into countless irreparable fragments;
As
we wrestle with our greed and arrogance,
our
ignorance and short-sightedness,
our
violence and coldness,
our
carelessness and narcissism,
Where
are the leaders?
Raise
up for us, O God, leaders worthy of the name,
men
and women who like Christ
are
unafraid of challenge,
unashamed
of serving,
and
unattached to their own personal gain;
men
and women who like Christ
call
to the best within us,
and
then lead the way.
And,
in our own small spheres, God,
may
we be the leaders we seek.
Amen.
