Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. — The Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, 3:1-5

In the last week before the May 9 elections, this column reprints past articles about ideal qualities for elected leaders, especially the President. Today’s rerun of the Sept. 29, 2015 column expounds on Saint Paul’s Letter to Timothy, quoted above.

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