Pastor Barb was often asked...
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Pastor Barb was often asked about what made her decide to become an ordained minister. A former accountant, she seemed a less than typical pastor in many ways. It wasn't that people didn't find her effective. She was very effective. They just couldn't figure out why she would give up being a partner at a large accounting firm to be a pastor. Her story was a simple one. She had become active in the church in college and had started to take her relationship with God and the church more and more seriously as she had gotten older. Accounting was her livelihood but not her life. Her faith had continued to grow and to command more and more of her attention. She had been quite intentional to involve her faith in her decisions at work and at home. Barb had also been one who sometimes struggled with her weight. You couldn't tell it to look at her. She was clearly very athletic. But to stay athletic she had a routine of exercise at the Y several times a week. This pattern of health and fitness had started long before she had become a pastor and had served her well. When asked about her sense of call into the ministry, she would tell this simple story: "I can't really explain it," she said. "One day I was working out at the YMCA. One of the pastors at our church was there. She worked out with me quite often. We hadn't talked about anything religious. It seemed like a typical day. But when I was in the shower, it hit me. It wasn't any supernatural event or anything -- just a thought that crept in to my head and wouldn't leave. I should go to seminary. All I can do is point to God."
-- Daubert
-- Daubert
