tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post1096826263642770219..comments2023-10-28T04:45:40.173-04:00Comments on Dr. Benton Quest: Thoughts on being a person of faith.BentonQuesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007300481037924684noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-80706748289662996412007-01-24T09:22:00.000-05:002007-01-24T09:22:00.000-05:00Your commnets remind me of an episode from the old...Your commnets remind me of an episode from the old show <i>Northern Exposure</i>. The character Shelly (the sort of bimboish one) is going to have her baby baptized by an itinerant priest who has traveled to the town of Cicely for the event. The night before the baptism, she sees the priest playing poker with the town's menfolk, and fears that he isn't really priestly enough for the baptism. I loved the show, and this episode was a typically warm and gentle exloration of the issue you are discussing.Doug Taronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537881828742937167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-35854457411886099502007-01-23T22:10:00.000-05:002007-01-23T22:10:00.000-05:00it's tough being a pastor; at some level, people w...it's tough being a pastor; at some level, people want a holy man, not a real man at all. <br />My old pastor once joked he could never say 'he's only human' as the congregation would immediately think A) he had committed adulerty and B) with whom and for how long."Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22402209.post-91827026165977521692007-01-23T11:35:00.000-05:002007-01-23T11:35:00.000-05:00Somewhere I have a small clipping from a "undergro...Somewhere I have a small clipping from a "underground" clergy journal that I used to receive many years ago.<br /><br />The clipping said: "Not every church that wants a courageous pastor would put up with one."<br /><br />I think it fits your comment about the people who wish they "had a pastor like you."<br /><br />On the other hand there are many among us out there (of the clergy) who not only like the "status of separation" but who strive their entire lives to foster and encourage it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com