Lives Entrusted: An Ethic of Trust for MinistryBehind all the issues of ministerial conduct and character lies a simple reality. The heart of ministerial ethics and integrity, argues Barbara Blodgett, is trust trust expected, trust earned, trust practiced. Trust, she says, is undermined by three trust busters common in the church: secrecy, gossip, and lying. For Blodgett, trust is not an emotion or intention but a transaction. People entrust each other with things they value, and that interaction