THE PRACTICE OF STEWARDSHIP
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A young clergyman, fresh out of seminary, thought it would help him better understand the fears and temptations his future congregations faced if he first took a job as a policeman for several months.
He passed the physical examination; then came the oral exam to test his ability to act quickly and wisely in an emergency. Among other questions he was asked, “What would you do to disperse a frenzied crowd?”
He thought for a moment and then said, “I would do something religious. I would preach a sermon on stewardship; Then I would take up the offering, twice.”
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BTW, 'steward' comes from two Old English words: stig--meaning building, including the animal and pigstys--+ ward (warden).
We are stewards, managers, for a time, of global-village earth.
