Tradition

"The ethical implications of a shared narrative require critical attention on the part of preachers, practitioners, and teachers of the Christian community. What we revere as holy can assume profane dimensions. Tradition can lead to idolatry, the antithesis of the esteeming of the being of God and the other."

— Heather Murray Elkins, “Altar-ing the World: Community-forming Word and Worship,” in Preaching in the Context of Worship, ed. David M. Greenshaw and Ronald J. Allen (St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000), 19.