this tether, least of all pastors who daily confront a legion of alternative and very tempting identities from which to work. But when we begin with our own identity in Christ and the pastoral call to assist others in becoming fully alive in him, we are freed from the drudgery of being managers and service providers to pursue something much more creative—being poets of the soul. A good poet is hard to find, and nothing is more tragic than wasting one in a busy office.