toddcast

I’m a minister and, for the most part, the people I’m around know that.   But in the church I serve we don’t wear any special clerical clothing, so on occasion I find myself in conversations with people who don’t know I’m a minister.   That can create some interesting situations. I golf occasionally and it’s not uncommon if you’re golfing alone or in a pair to join together with another group to make a foursome.   Usually it’s around the third or fourth hole when the question comes up, “What do you do for a living?”   When I announce I’m a minster I can see the look of horror on some people’s faces.   Golfing can bring out the worst in a person and sometimes the language around the course is not what you might call “minister approved.”   So, I usually hear some apologies.  Another common scenario is that after 10 or 15 minutes of conversation it’s found out that I’m a minister and there seems to be the need for some people to explain why they don’t...