Female pastor
Bedtime theology with the 10 yo... ( while driving ) Grandparents at my ordination Me: So, if someday I am not working at the synod office, I could be a pastor somewhere. 10 yo: You should work at our church! Me: Well, that would be fun be we already have a pastor and a deacon so we’re full up on leaders. 10 yo: Hey, you could work at that church ( points to a Catholic church ). It’s close to our house. Me: I can’t be a pastor there; they don’t allow women to be pastors. 10 yo: Really? Well, that’s dumb. Awhile back my middle son asked me if boys could be pastors. This amused me because about 30 years ago, I was hoping to marry a pastor. It didn't occur to me then that I could be one. A lot of things had to shift for me to see myself (a woman) in this role, a shift my children don't have to make. I didn't know any women pastors when I was growing up in a Midwest Lutheran church, but I'd heard they existed. My own (male) pastor encouraged me to consider seminary
