Charisma is not
hereditary!
I say this because I
am saddened that the ministry of The Reverend Robert Schuller has ended in his
leaving the Crystal Cathedral in southern California.
The Reverend
Schuller, his wife and his children who were part of the megachurch’s Crystal
Cathedral Ministries all left the church in the past few days. Apparently there
was an inability on all sides to find agreement for the future of the
ministries.
Robert Schuller was
and is a great charismatic preacher. I had the pleasure of knowing him
personally through the years. I was invited to speak at a cathedral Sunday service
a number of years ago. It was one of my more memorable experiences.
The spirit
of The Reverend Schuller permeated that sacred structure and enlivened and
enthused all who were there. It carried through on his television program for
decades.
Charisma of that
kind comes from the individual soul. It is a gift from the Source. Family and
colleagues may be just as devout and qualified, but charisma is unique and
cannot be passed via the finiteness of DNA, it only comes from an infinite
anointing.
It didn’t work out
when Dr. Schuller retired in 2006 and passed the preaching baton onto his son,
Robert Schuller Jr. It didn’t work out either for Oral Roberts or Billy Graham
or Pat Robertson.
Charisma is only a
gift. It cannot be learned or inherited.
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