62 Ducere Est Servire: THE LEADERSHIP JOURNAL OF DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY a dangerous tool if engaged in too frequently. Leaders and their allies must have sanctuary but they must also use the rest and recreation they receive in their place of sanctuary as a springboard to return to their positions of leadership. Finally, this article also suggests that other studies in the significance of sanctuary might strengthen understanding of the topic by examining use of other important and classic literature on leadership. No discussion of leadership will be complete without acknowledging the importance of the topic and making suggestions on how, where, when, and what might or might not be utilized as a sanctuary and reminding students and practitioners of its necessity. As you reflect, also consider: as a leader do you have a sanctuary? Do you have a “battlefield sedative”? Do you have a place where you can “retain a slice of your private personality”? Do you have a place where you can “remain safely ensconced” and where you can “receive sustenance for your weary mind and soul”? What is it? Who is it? Where is it? As you continue to reflect this week and in the weeks and months to come, consider also: what will I do in the future both as a leader and as a teacher of leaders to ensure that both I and they find “sanctuary?” NOTES 1 This article began as a paper on “George Washington and Mount Vernon as Sanctuary” delivered to doctoral students from Dallas Baptist University during the summer Washington, D. C. Institute while students visited the beautiful Fred W. Smith Library on the grounds of Mount Vernon. The author gratefully acknowledges the favorable responses of these students and faculty to the paper over more than ten years of its evolution and delivery. Their responses encouraged this author to continue to research and develop the concepts behind the paper into this article. 2 Ronald Heifetz, Leadership without Easy Answers (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1994), 235-76. 3 Ibid., 235. 4 Ibid., 273-74. 5 Gospel of Luke 5:16, New American Standard Version.
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