The Call to Courage   Crawford Loritts learned what he knows
about leadership, courage, responsibility, etc. primarily from
his dad. To this very day, when challenged with tough decisions
and discouragement, he hears his dad's voice saying, "Don't walk
away."  There is an epidemic of weakness that is sweeping into
the church. The culture is infiltrating the church, leaving us
fearful of leading and making decisions. Our preoccupation with
"consensus" has a stranglehold around what we do, and we're
taught to sanitize our lack of commitment.  Some of us are
discouraged in our ministries because we have refused to do what
God has told us to do, not because he hasn't told us.  Nothing
in life or in ministry ever happens apart from courage. Somebody
has to pull the trigger. The very nature of leadership is that
it is a prophetic statement of where things ought to be.
Inherent in leadership is a call to embrace aloneness and
resilience.  When you read Joshua 1 you must read it in its
emotional context. Moses is dea