Here is a great story from Doug Broke My Leg:
Free Indeed said:
Did Doug really break your leg (I only ask because I’m familiar with his wild “stories”)???
Hahaha. Did Doug break my leg? I’ll let you decide.
2-3 years ago while meeting with Jack Louman to get some counsel in an area I was having trouble in, Jack said he felt that I had written off Doug too quickly (having only tried to get together with him for a couple months). He said if I would agree to trying again, he’d call Doug and make sure he was receptive.
Amazingly Doug called me not fifteen minutes later and we set up a time to meet in his office.
Those who’ve been down this road know the formula. I started off by apologizing for some attitudes I’d had, and for general non-submission in some things he was flat wrong about.
He very graciously forgave me.
I brought up some specific times he had offended me, and that had ended up causing my attitude toward him.
He told me why I was wrong for being offended. 
But all was not lost. Doug said he was committed to being my pastor (perhaps my meeting with Jack rather than him was the issue?) but that he had an analogy he wanted to walk me through.
“What,” said Doug, “does the shepherd do when the sheep runs off?”
“uhm, go after it?” I replied.
“right…. but if she sheep runs off again. Then what does the shepherd do?”
“uhm, goes after it again?
Doug starts to get frustrated:
“Well, right. But you’re not getting it. What does the shepherd do if the sheep keeps running off?”
Me very confused at this point:
“Uhm, isn’t the job of the shepherd to go after lost sheep? I don’t know what you’re trying to get me to say!”
Doug, realizing that he’s going to have to spell it out, launches into a description of his pastoring style:
“You see, if a shepherd has a stubborn sheep that keeps running off, he breaks its leg, and then carries it around on his back until the sheep is used to being with him. After the leg is healed, then the sheep and the shepherd have a bond and the sheep will stay close by. That’s what I want to do with you, if you’re willing to submit. I want to ‘break your leg’ and carry you.”
I remember sitting there just stunned. I had so many things I wanted to ask him, but I knew every single question would have offended him somehow. Since my goal was reconciliation, I knew that I had to check my desire to argue. Beside we were all taught to submit right? At that point I still had a lot of Kool-Aid in my system; so like a good drone sheep I agreed to have my leg broken and asked what he wanted to do next.
It turns out that the “being carried on his back” part involved getting together once a week. We set the time and place. He showed up the first time and we had a lovely chat. He stood me up without calling every time after that. I think I remember showing up two or three times, just to make sure I was genuine in my efforts. Then it was back to meeting with Jack.
Perhaps a better name for myself would be “Doug Broke My Leg And Left Me In The Bushes”
That’s a funny story.
Ever see the movie called, “Misery” where the psycho chick breaks the guys legs so he can’t leave the house?
Reminds me of that.
Church breaks the legs of its members so they can’t leave…
Not a bad idea.
I wish I had things like that said to me. I have a mild love of listening to crazy.
I think that is the best story I have read since Finally Home told about his return to the bubble.
Great work.
Quick thought: What are the odds that Doug knows who is writing this stuff? He would if it only happened once…my guess is that he doesn’t have a clue.
Dougie, the brown-nosed pastor
Had a very dirty nose.
And if you ever saw it You would even say it shows.
All of the other pastors
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Dougie
join in any pastor games.
It seams like maybe they are are letting Dougie play in some of there pastor games.
I’ve heard the shepherd/disobedient sheep analogy from the pulpit before, but always in regard to our relationship with God. For a pastor to presuppose themselves into the place of God in your spiritual development is absolutely insane. This story just illustrates how far a pastor can stray from the Gospel. It’s no wonder the Ted Haggard’s of the world get themselves into compromising positions and get exposed.
I’m calling PETA.
Jesus said that HE is our good shepherd…it’s really disgusting that these pastors try to set themselves up in the place of Jesus. Jesus told us to call each other bretheren…why do they so readily dismiss the teachings of Jesus to follow those of John Bevere….auuuggghhh!!
I heard John Bevere is on the slate for next year’s conference. This year’s conference was changed back into one instead of two. I wonder why? And how will they run it next year without SPES to do all the worK?
Ol Dougie boy is one of the most insecure people you will ever meet. He has nothing else to show for in his life besides his position at CBC (which mind you to most normal people is not a very great position). Anyway, hopefully you and all the dozens of people out there who had to put up with DL as their youth leader will rest assured in the fact that he is definately the odd man out when it comes to youth pastors. Most of them are not that bad.
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omg! ex city bible slave i could not agree more!!!! i grew up at city bible then left when in high school back in the 90′s….. doug and donna were the youth pastors when i was there. i was the girl that wasnt quite sure where i fit in at the church. my older sister was the funny outgoing pastors favorite, and i was “just her little sister.” the pastors devoted so much time to her, taking her out to lunch fun outings ect…. i wanted so bad to be noticed. i remember doug thought i was having a hard time because i didnt like to sit in the front row at gen church so he called me into his office with donna and told me, “whats going on with you youve seemed to lost the fire in your eyes. YOU SHOULD BE MORE LIKE YOUR SISTER!!!!!!” ouch!!!! what supposid youth pastor whos suppost to mentor and help the out of place struggling kids says that!!!!!! but of corse he wouldnt be the “fabulous youth pastor” he is today if he wasnt always surrounding himself with the perfect kids that were doing great… right???? man time for an insecurity ego check!!!!!
was the rod use to hit sheep when they didn’t want go the right way