'Pastoral work is fundamentally creative work. The section of the Creed in which we set up ecclesiastical shop is the third beginning with "I believe in the Holy Spirit." If this is so, if we in fact believe in the Holy Spirit, then we must not at the same time try to moonlight as efficiency experts in religion. We cannot nurture the life of the Spirit in a parishioner while holding a stopwatch. We cannot apply time management techniques to the development of souls.'
Eugene H Peterson, Life Under the Unpredictable Plant, p.165.
