Thursday, May 04, 2006

Profiles in public service

Are there still public servants in Washington? Not grasping for power, but ready to give it up? That’s at the heart of a Christian understanding of how to live. John the Baptist said that Jesus “must increase and I must decrease.” But such thinking is foreign to many in Washington, who consider it folly to be a true public servant rather than a power accumulator. Here are two exceptions, departing White House faith-based programs chief Jim Towey and Indiana congressman Mark Souder.

By Marvin Olasky, Russ Pulliam

Excellent article here!

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