wine is never lost. But while maintaining the fire, ash is an inevitable by-product. And while retaining the wine, wineskins inevitably become old and need to be discarded for new containers. Pastors have a lot of responsibilities, and the tasks and expectations seem to grow daily. But pastors cannot escape the responsibility of giving attention to the fire and the ash. As stated in the previous chapter, a French philosopher is credited with saying: “Take from the altars of the past the fire—not