are nice to have on call to apply religious bandages to some of the bumps and bruises of life but otherwise not much needed. Even among deeply spiritual and religious people, ministers of the gospel are variously understood as spiritual traffic cops, chief executive officers or religious activity directors hired by churches; back-slappers, hand-holders or conflict managers; motivational speakers, perhaps. Each of these roles comes with its own job description, of course. No wonder then that we find