Behind all the issues of
ministerial conduct and
character lies a simple
reality The heart of
ministerial ethics and integrity, argues
Barbara Blodgett, is trust - trust expected, trust earned, trust
practiced Trust, she says, is undermined by three trust-busters common in the church: secrecy, gossip, and lying.
For Blodgett, trust is not an emotion or intention but a transaction. People entrust each other with things they value, and that interaction endows a relationship. In the aggregate, they create community. By focusing on crucial practices of trust, a unique new framework for ministerial identity and ethics is created..
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