A Comfortable Calling

A few months back I was catching up with a friend. We hadn’t spoke in over a year. He asked me, “so how are things at your church? How are you enjoying being a pastor?”

I paused.

I get asked the question a lot. I’m always unsure of how to answer. If this is someone from my church, or someone with connections to my church, I always wonder if I need to tread carefully in how I answer. The last thing I need is someone else coming up to me saying, “so you’re not happy here eh?”

In my answer I go bac...