It is very apparent that more and more people in the United States are suffering from profound moral and spiritual handicaps without having and idea of where to look, so many are looking in the wrong places. It is here the need for new Christian leadership becomes clear. The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation that allows them to enter into a deep solidarity with the anguish underlying all the glitter of success, and to bring the light of Jesus Christ there.
This was shown to me in the book by Henri Nouwen, In The Name Of Jesus