Thursday, June 18, 2009

New Idea

This is a new idea to me (even though I had read this book before-must have missed this page), and I'm interested in anyone's comments:

Not infrequently clergy are caught up in the evil that threatens every congregation because they have no ability to discern what in fact is happening. Illustrations abound: adultery, greed, cowardice, and omnipotence. But the sin to which ordained persons are particularly given is envy. - Urban T. Holmes, Spirituality for Ministry, p.158