For us as Christians there can be no higher value than God and if we allow ourselves to be caught up in the spirit of this materialistic and hedonistic age, exalting money, power and pleasure as our priorities in life, we are, in fact, worshipping at the wrong shrine. That is the idolatry of our time. And so, respect is due not in anyway relative to a person's status or wealth, but for no other reason than the fact that they are human beings. And so the great commandment in the law is to love God with all your heart and to love your neighbour as yourself. All our policies, planning and actions stand under the judgment of this value system which is immutable.
Leadership is lonely because one has to lead from the front.
One has to dare and do, hope and adventure on behalf of people who are too often persuaded that they dare not let go of the false securities by which they live. By taking the right risks even in the absence of moral support, the leader seeks to explode the lie that there is no alternative. Such vocation requires maturity and serenity which is not the same thing as security. It calls for the ability to take responsibility for one's own decisions without the cowardice of scape-goating. To put it in Jamaican language, they will haul and pull him in a hundred different directions.