professional<\/span> organization I know of. The trainings offered by the SZBA are voluntary because we don\u2019t want to upset anyone.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, professions do not have voluntary training standards, at least for those key competencies that their national organizations deem essential \u2013 Brain Surgery 101 (Voluntary)? It seems from where I sit that the behavior of the organization and the \u201cprofessional<\/span>\u201d framing are going in different directions.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\nDeciding to call ourselves professionals without the underlying professional elements accepted in this culture (training programs with similar standards, a common body of knowledge and skills, exams, rules, etc.) just makes us look kinda fanciful.<\/span>\n\u00a0<\/span>Finally, and more important to me, a priest does not primarily serve the greater good in the way that professionals do \u2013 serving people\u2019s transient needs. A priest\u2019s most important function distinguishes a priest from a profession \u2013 primarily serving the truth.<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n
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