20. Wise stewards of the mysteries

Ministry School 2008: Perhaps in our determination to avoid an unhealthy division between ‘clergy' and ‘laity', we might have overlooked the high dignity of the pastoral ministry, given so that the whole body may mature. Ministry is not a small matter, but all the church carries the wisdom of God in its proclamation and living. We cannot afford the luxury of a retreat to foolishness. We must therefore call the people of God back to their high dignity as the community of God's wisdom.