If you were present at last Tuesday’s meeting of our Administrative Council, you heard me talk about a strange little phrase, “Paying the rent.” Which, when I use it, has nothing to do with dollars that are mailed to the landlord, but everything to do with expectations that are satisfied for the congregation. “Paying the rent,” in this instance, has to do with preachers and the degree to which they are willing (or unwilling) to tailor the work they do to the tasks the congregation wants to have done.