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A Few Thoughts on Narcissism in the Priesthood

April 18, 2016 Filed under: 2 Comments

One of the most popular (and useful) GGWB articles of all time is "Signs in a Congregation That a Leader Has Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder"  If you look at the comments to that article, you will see indicators of something that researchers have confirmed: 1) the proportion of pathological … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Leadership, Pastoral Tagged With: Leadership, narcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissistic spiritual leadership, NDS, priest, Vocation

Signs in a Congregation That a Leader Has Covert Narcissistic Personality Disorder

November 22, 2013 Filed under: 37 Comments

Having experienced leaders like this in parishes like this, and grown them anyway, I believe this describes too many Orthodox parishes in North America today. Read and learn. Let the pastor beware. Taking steps to solve these pernicious and destructive issues has gotten me bounced from more than one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Leadership, Pastoral Tagged With: congregation, narcissistic personality disorder

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