Public vs. Private ethics

The Della Bosca thing is a train wreck.
Not so much for him – although that’s true, and fair enough – but because once again, we see the moral bankruptcy of our public moralising. As a culture, we don’t know what to say to this sort of thing.
Some commentators want to hang him out to dry; [...]

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Stipend or wage?

It’s budget time – both for the Diocese and, once they set the key variable (the recommended minimum stipend for ministers), for churches.
One of the things I often hear around this issue is that ministers are paid a stipend in the sense that they are given a  living allowance that enables them to do gospel [...]

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