tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post7927437427186839313..comments2023-11-05T03:41:09.081-06:00Comments on Prairie Light: Who Am I?RevDrKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-68253458134099073812013-03-13T01:38:52.689-05:002013-03-13T01:38:52.689-05:00My therapist was/is a pastor, and that is tremendo...My therapist was/is a pastor, and that is tremendously helpful to me. It is ministry. (But as someone who is wondering about ministry, I feel your pain.)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399916226004495031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-43073976090795875762013-03-10T19:13:13.015-05:002013-03-10T19:13:13.015-05:00You know what I resonate the most with here, Kate?...You know what I resonate the most with here, Kate? -- when you mentioned trying to see your role as therapist/psychologist as ministry. In my view, it IS ministry, ministry at its core...it's about transformation, and everything clergy do is about that, one way or another. Of course, I know that leading worship and doing funerals and weddings and all that give us variations on the role, and that's important and valuable, but really, when I'm sitting with someone one-on-one and we're talking about how they are growing and becoming the person God intends them to be (whatever language we use for that)...I don't know...that's ministry at its most profound, to me. Wishing you well, Kate...Katherine E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06322364633534297714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-86555049009925735752013-02-15T09:19:46.227-06:002013-02-15T09:19:46.227-06:00Kate, what a delight to hear how you are and who y...Kate, what a delight to hear how you are and <i>who</i> you are and are becoming. It's such a weird journey, isn't it?<br /><br />In whatever circles, you are surely a blessing.<br /><br />Miss you, friend!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664886080822930195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10876145.post-1580258941861908782013-02-14T18:12:56.634-06:002013-02-14T18:12:56.634-06:00It is curious, isn't it, when we find ourselve...It is curious, isn't it, when we find ourselves in this kind of vocational limbo? What does it all mean? I truly suspect that what you really want plays a part in what it all means - in other words if your priestly vocation is one you really want to continue to embrace - then you hang in there. Do supply work. Keep yourself up front and present in diocesan life. And somehow, sometime, in someway, your next call will present itself. It can take awhile. Like a couple of years....but then all of a sudden you are right back where you always felt you were called to be.<br /><br />If you feel your call is elsewhere, well it willl unfold in similar ways.<br /><br />At least that has been true for me - including the waiting years for the next real call to present itself...<br /><br /><br />ANd, you know, ordination is like baptism - you are now ordained forever. Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com