‘One-to-one “shepherding” is a disaster waiting to happen’

Veronica Zundel explains why she believes that discipling should be done mutually, by the whole church

In my brief editorial career (about seven years and one week) I had three male bosses and two female ones. (The rest of the 40+ years, I have been self-employed.) One of the male bosses was fantastic, the others were not; the same goes for the female ones. In the case of the bad female boss, she tore to shreds every article I wrote, and expected me to beg her for 2p pieces for the coffee machine. That was the one-week job; I walked out, having just moved into my own flat – not great timing.