“The way of the Christian leader,” wrote Henri Nouwen, “is not the way of upward mobility in which the world has invested so much, but the way of downward mobility ending on the cross. . . . It is not a leadership of power and control, but a leadership of powerlessness and humility in which the suffering servant of God, Jesus Christ, is made manifest.” Nouwen’s words drip with mystery. They make little sense in a life where planning, promotion, creativity, and charisma seem to mean everything. But