Does anyone know the right response to someone if they say to you, "You look very young to be a minister"?
I'm glad Peacebang started blogging about this cos I was about to, and now it's like I'm joining in with a conversation rather than doing a big rant and having a go at Americans (though that is always fun ;-)). Why the hell do American (or is it just in New England??) UU churches take, like a quarter of the year off? In the summer they close. They CLOSE!! A church, closing. It's so bloody weird and wrong. Where does it come from? Why? Why? Why? Why do people need church less in the summer? Where are people supposed to go? Where is the Divine supposed to go? My church in Boston didn't close exactly, but moved to the smaller upstairs chapel, but the minister still had all that time off. Now I've spent most of my life around teachers and priests, both jobs where people think people don't put many hours in, when in fact they put in loads ('you only work Sunday mornings/9 to 3.25'). Teachers work hard and need their long holidays. Ministers work hard, a...
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- God calls us no matter how old we are.
- Your momma.
- I've been doing this for a few years, so imagine what I looked like three years ago!
- When I bury you, I promise to look older and dignified.
- Someone's got to reach out to the younger generation, right?
- Your face.
(some are snarky...sorry)
"you may only be thirty one...but you took that funeral like a fifty one year old"
I think it was meant to be a compliment...
(thanks for the blog)
peace.
People say that I look too young to do whatever all the time. If they mean it as a compliment then a thanks is appropriate. If it's meant as an insult the thanks often takes the wind out of their sales.