deacon, senator, representative, mayor, council member, and so forth is naturally untrustworthy.Some, no doubt, have unflappable integrity. But in service to their institutions, and when invested with the power of increasing authority, they may act more to benefit their organizations — and to s...
Maybe a decade, or so, ago, Old South’s Treasurer suggested to the governing body of the church that among the budget lines that she thought ought to be cut or trimmed significantly was the line that covered supply pastors, the hiring of clergy to lead worship on the Sundays when I’m...
Violence is an application of force that compels adherence to an unnatural, externally imposed end or result; one common artificial end is the perpetuation of hierarchical organizations. One example of this is the violent demand for self-identity and complete coherence that Butler described. People ...