ATF, this is a serious question, no snark at all. How come we expect only bishops, archbishops, cardinals to be the "on the job Catholics" in a neighborhood or country. Gandhi used the vision of noncooperation to break such impasses. That would mean everyone 'standing down' and refusing to cooperate, here in Dakota and in Honduras. The people standing with standing rock are engaged in forms of noncooperation.

I'm focusing on the common expectation that if 'leaders' did enough the pew people could 'sit it out'.  Not one who usually quotes Dr. Phil but I got to ask... "hows that workin' for us?"  Not so good ehh?  

I've been reading NCR type magazines from other denominations, and they don't seem to invest as much time bashing the leadership but rather call out and call on each other to do the part they can do. A bit less flash in the media and more muscle to the moment.