yet so often, the tradition continues. Conversely, praxis offers a reflective response to why exactly we engage in certain practices or what they signify. Too often, there is a separation in religious life between action and reflection. Praxis connects action with reflection and communicates a symbiotic, dually informed relationship between the many and varied theories that undergird our practices.1 The praxis of mastering the divine is most clearly evident in the ministry capacity when ministers