When I did my doctoral studies in organizational revitalization, we were taught a simple way to bring about transformation in the way ministry is done. Simply change the name of the committees or create a brand new structure to do new things in new ways. In one of the parishes I served, we re-envisioned our ministry every five years. One year, more to humor me than anything else, the Vision Task Force agreed to propose a new name for our mission outreach committee changing it from Church and Society Committee to the Social Justice Committee. They were sure, however, that this would get shot down when the Session got to voting on the plan. And, by golly, they were right! With unanimous energy and voice, the session removed or obliterated the word justice. Clearly, according to those elders,…