“Perhaps my objection to “teaching to your top third” is most clearly expressed in my objection to the idea a pastor should “preach to his top third.” I’ve never heard anyone put forward that idea before, of course, but I imagine most pastors would scoff if they heard it. “Preach to your top third? What sort of a thing do you take preaching to be if you believe there is a top third? And what do you expect your top third to do with this preaching that is tailored to them? Write better commentaries on Hebrews? Is that what pious old Mrs. Whitlock is going to do with your sermons?” On the other hand, a good sermon about the Beatitudes is going to hit your most pious congregants between the eyes—and your least pious congregants, too.”
-from my latest for CiRCE
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 