Aardvark Alley: Hey, Pastor! Are You "Meddlesome"?

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06 June 2007

Hey, Pastor! Are You "Meddlesome"?

This isn't a call for any of my brothers in office to start sticking your noses into any inappropriate businesses. Rather, I encourage you to check out the reminder that Christina has for us at The Blair Church Project. Based upon the 1964 Burton-O'Toole Film Beckett, her essay's title poses the question, Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Priest?

As you read, you realize that Christina hopes that no one will ever answer her query in the affirmative. Instead, she calls pastors to not "lose sight of the special call given them" or get "so bogged down in this world that" they lose "their sense of divine struggle." She also reminds all believers that "our actions have eschatological consequences" and encourages the laity to "stand behind the servants He has called" while standing "for Him wherever He has deployed us."

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