Balance

Can a man be a pastor of a church without meddling in everything in the town, or without policing every den in the community, or without becoming a storm-center in politics, in the schools' situation, or in civic affairs?  The pastor must bear his share of the community load; yet if he is new to the community, he must remember that it would be better for him to wait until he is asked for his advice or his services.  He must be smart, but not too smart; he must be quiet, but not too quiet.  He must be nice; but not too nice.  The place of a new minister is a hard place to fill.  -The Making of a Preacher, W. W. Melton, Pg56, Zondervan Publishing House, c1953