After those elders turned a blind eye to my advice, I wanted to tell them to just “stop it!” Stop being so inflexible. Stop hanging on to the past. These leaders lacked the life-giving resilience that would have served them well in revitalizing their dying church. A living tree bends with the winds; a dead tree snaps. The only constant in leadership is change. They didn’t understand that you can change programs but still keep your principles intact. I was not asking them to change their timeless