People in every generation look at their leaders—pastors, elders, community leaders, and country leaders—and feel a deep disappointment. They say, “This is not who should be guiding us.” But the truth is this: the leader is the mirror. The face on the other side is not an isolated failure; it is the shadow of the people. Leadership grows from the community’s soil, and that soil always tells the truth. When we dislike what we see in our leaders, we are being called to examine
