So I’ve been having “what am I going to do with my life?” thoughts the past 2 weeks. I currently am a Youth Pastor at a small Presbyterian church in southern Idaho. I love the kids…most of the time [those of you in ministry/education/etc. can relate…I’m sure]. But sometimes, I just wish I could be more involved with music ministry. I also really love the .bE worship gathering we did at my church last July and are putting on again in October. We’ve had such sweet responses from .bE that some friends and I are thinking of taking it on the road and doing it full-time and sharing with people some new (old, but new to them//[ancient/future]) worship techniques…
Would that be possible? I don’t know. We got invited to do .bE at the Emergent Gathering in Glorieta, NM. I’m hoping that it will work out for a few of us to drive down and share our .bE worship with a group of Emergent friends.
Or maybe the next faithful step would be to continue looking at seminaries (and maybe even apply at a few)…I am looking at Princeton (hey, I’m a Presbyterian…), Mars Hill, Regent, Fuller…any suggestions?
And while sometimes I doubt my call into a ministry-related field, every now and then I’ll hear a story about completely stupid pastors…and then it really makes me want to go into ministry to make sure and try and stop them from being stupid. I recently met a youth pastor from my area and shared with him about .bE – I later heard that he is a complete ass. This youth pastor was attending a meeting at a local restaurant with other youth pastors, and a young waitress asked a question about women in ministry. This youth pastor, being of the very conservative persuasion, began to tell her why women shouldn’t be in positions of leadership, etc. And then really wanted to know if “she had peace with the Lord” and told her that he wouldn’t leave until he could be sure that she accepted Christ, and was going to be in Heaven. He kept after her, asking questions and more questions, until finally the girl began to cry…
Could I be so bold as to say that this guy has chosen the wrong calling/career…
Wow. Stupid pastors may keep me in ministry.