Monday, February 1, 2010

Long-Term Ministry

I find it curious that if you stay married to the same woman for thirty years, Christians congratulate you for your faithfulness and persistence, but if you pastor the same church for ten years, many church people assume you're stagnating in a rut...

2 comments:

Erin said...

I get those comments too. Crazy. Celebrated 15 years in the chaplaincy yesterday.

Erika Baker said...

That would depend on what your parish is like ten years on. Whether like a good marriage it has matured and grown in richness, or whether it's still just as it was ten years ago.

Knowing you, I expect yours keeps on grown in Christ. Congratulations.