Jury Duty – Hour One

This morning I find myself at the Multnomah County Courthouse where I have been summoned to sit on a jury. More likely is that I've been summoned to sit in the jury waiting room for the next eight hours. The idea that anyone would actually sit me on a jury seems somewhat absurd. After all, I'm a minister / blogger - the worst of all combinations. I have opinions on everything. Besides that my nephew is playing in a baseball game down in Eugene tonight that I wanted to catch. But I'll do my bit for king and country today as any responsible citizen would. Even if I believe the justice system is – like many public institutions – built around the idea of protecting those with institutional power and unfairly targets those with little or no means to mount a reasonable defense.