I enjoy the company of people who are in the role of pastor when they are questioning their position… Why?
Because I wanted to be one since I was thirteen.
I had all the experiences of being “called” at a very young age, I went to the right schools and was mentored by the right people.
Now I have a new respect and perspective on the role of the pastor.
I think it is one of the toughest jobs out there.
I think they have become a joke to most of the Western world.
I think they are set up for failure in most institutional church structures. (at times the “lead” Pastor looks like a CEO who’s congregation see as a superhero.)
In this past week i have had lunch, taken walks, had coffee or drank a beer with five pastors in four days and i can honestly say I enjoyed it. But sitting hear now I can not help but think, why?
Here is what I hear: You know what it is like, you do not judge me, you enjoy me as a human being and you respect what i am trying to do.
Maybe we could all treat pastors more like human beings and less like super heros and we might see a change in the church in America.
I do not know, but i think it would be a grand experiment.
