In the early 2000’s, about four years into my ministry as an Anglican Priest, I started to seriously doubt my leadership capacities and probably came close to slipping into depression. I had been working in a series of financially struggling parishes with small congregations. Although I’d been given pretty good formation as a “minister of…
Michael Wood has been an Anglican Priest for 23 years. He currently serves as Chaplain to the University of Western Australia and works in private practice as a professional supervisor of clergy, leadership coach, facilitator, and teacher of dialogic processes. More extensive reflections on the themes outlined in this post can be found here. Michael also runs a Facebook group for clergy and laity who are interested in sharing stories and resources about their own experiences and experiments in collaborative ministry.
