A MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Harold L. Myra
January 1, 1981
Right in the middle of our putting this issue on success together, we received a letter from Bill De Leo of Maryland which said, among other things: "I'm a tragedy. I have such a bundle of feelings inside it's difficult to express them.
"I read avidly. I read searching to find a place for me in the center ring. Reading LEADERSHIP frustrates the daylights out of me. My head spins after each issue. The answers are inspired- too inspired.
"My Sunday morning Bible study is the most eventful thing in my life. The people there have made dramatic steps forward in their Christian walks. And I know LEADERSHIP's writers would tell me this is the heart of a satisfying ministry. But it isn't enough for me.
"There are a lot of beautiful, committed, unsuccessful people ministering out here. And, like me, they're not likely to find a place of recognition in the church world.
"I first awakened to my agony of thwarted ambition late one evening last summer. My heart throbbed with every thump of my running shoes on the beaten path out behind our military living quarters. Earlier that day I'd been told I had been passed over for selection to Major in the United States Army Chaplaincy. As I ran, sweat and tears mingled together on my cheeks.
"Poor baby or no, I was shattered. My question was 'How hard do I have to work and how good do I have to be to be considered capable of handling a promotion? A lot of civilian ministers ask the same question of their superiors who seek others for the preferred churches. Success seems to go to the beautiful.
"The process brought me through bitterness, anger, coolness, disappointment. I lost nearly every possibility of becoming humanly successful in my life's ambition. I didn't let down. I worked hard and longer ...
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