Because I recently took on a new role at our church, there's been some explaining to do to the kids about why I'm going to such and such a meeting, or why I might go out of town to a conference in a few months.
"So, you know how Pastor R. is pastor? And how C. is a pastor?" I asked the girls.
"Yeah. . ." they said cautiously.
"Well, now I'm a pastor, too, and I help out with things in the church more now."
Evvy, the three year old, scrunched up her face and her eyes welled with tears. "But Mom!" she wailed, "Dont' be a boy!"
It took me a second to comprehend her worldview. "I'm not a boy," I said, confused.
"But Mom," she continued, tears on her cheeks, "ALL Pastors Have To Be Boys."
And then I got it. And I wondered how she had this all figured out already, at three.
"It's okay," I assured them, "All pastors dont' have to be boys. Girls can be pastors, too."
"Oh!" Una, five, jumped in, and as in contradiction to her sister's hard-line sentiments, jested: "Well, ALL Pastors HAVE to be CHAIRS."
"No, no!" shouted Evvy, in the same spirit. "ALL PASTORS HAVE TO BE DOORS!!"
By this point, they'd proved Ev's arguement ridiculous and were laughing uproariously.
3 comments:
I LOVE THIS STORY! Go girls, go Heather, go, go, go!
Hi, Heather. Love the blog! And I love how sage children can be.
"Pastors have to be chairs."
"Pastors have to be doors."
There's a very deep and interesting discussion about the role of clergy buried in those silly words.
Peace!
Stephen
I'm glad the girls know that pastors can be girls.
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