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I have a new post on the Park Forum: Are Christians Wimps?<\/a> talking about the relationship between power and corruption. Is it possible to be powerful without feeling entitled to power and without becoming corrupt? I hope so. Seems to me the only way it can happen is through an accurate sense of oneself as both broken and beloved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a new post on the Park Forum: Are Christians Wimps? talking about the relationship between power and corruption. Is it possible to be powerful without feeling entitled to power and without becoming corrupt? I hope so. 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