From Forward Kentucky: Dear pastors: Get over yourselves
By BRUCE MAPLES
I spent much of my adult life serving numerous churches as a minister of music and education.
I don’t talk about it very often in this context, because it often raises more questions than it answers, and I find that many people automatically put you in a box if they learn you have done such work.
However, in this case, I think it is important to note that I have some insight into the world of churches, and ministers, and into the thinking that takes place in that space.
I am familiar with the frame of “faithful remnant” that gets talked about in certain churches: the concept of being faithful to God even when the world makes fun of you, or when the actions seem silly or even counter-productive.