The Pastor You Won't Be Pastored By | What the Room Cannot See E4

Formation to Transformation | A Worship Devotional · May 13, 2026 · 4m

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from working closely with your senior pastor and never quite being pastored BY him. This is not because your pastor is a bad person. It is structural.

You are his employee. You are his worship leader. You are almost always one of the people he is responsible for — and very rarely one of the people he is shepherded by. You can love him, respect him, be loyal to him, and still feel like the person you most need pastoral care from is the person whose care you cannot ask for.

Anchored in Ezekiel 34:11-12. In the middle of God's long indictment…