I I’d like to make a plea for all of us at LPC to consider God’s calling to become a lobbyist. Of course, at LPC we are just barely high church enough to call our lobby a narthex, so, in fact, I’m asking you to consider becoming a narthexist.
Late last year when Gallup asked Americans about the honesty and ethical integrity of the members of various professions, nurses, pharmacists, and grade school teachers were rated as most trustworthy. Used car salespeople, members of congress, and lobbyists were rated least trustworthy (though the continued downward slide of members of the clergy was the headline for the report). The used car salespeople outpolled the members of congress of by one point and the lobbyists by three points. You have to wonder about the 6% of us that rate lobbyists as highly or very highly honest. Continue reading