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CNLP 555 | John Mark Comer on The Sabbatical as a Hospital, How Stepping Down from Church Leadership Impacts Identity, The Secret Life of Trees, and Why Attending a Church After You've Led One Can Be So Hard

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

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The Identity Crisis, Isn't It?

"I'm a preacher who's not preaching right now. I have been the lead pastor of a church for forever, and I'm not leading a church," he says. "My entire so preaching stripped away leadership is stripped away. Pastoral call is stripped away ... My community is stripped away." He adds: "The desert is a lonely place where you are in isolation for purpose"

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