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Lives Entrusted: An Ethic of Trust for Ministry

Lives Entrusted: An Ethic of Trust for Ministry

Paperback

Series: Prisms

General Christianity

ISBN10: 0800663217
ISBN13: 9780800663216
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: Sep 1 2008
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 8.86
Language: English
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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