Simply put, my ministry is my life. It is a call, an answering and *knowing* the divine spark in all being and each being. I feel that we, as ministers, have taken up a charge to lead—not as shepherds with their flocks, but as a vanguard force in human and universal evolution towards a more sustainable, productive and peaceful reality and an end to suffering. This is what I see common to all ministers—regardless of faith, level of training, or cultural background.
I have a ‘day job’ and I love it. Just the same, I’ve known what it is to travel hundreds of miles on a few hours notice to be there for someone in dire need. I’ve also made those long trips to share joyous occasions and facilitate life passages. I have found a happy medium in scaling back life to live simply and cheaply, which allows me to live off of a fairly modest government salary. I don’t look for a way to make a living from my ministry—rather I’ve found a way to make every aspect of my living, a ministry. It’s not for everyone, but it suits me.
My ministry is my day job—where I serve the public trust as a federal employee working on agricultural problems. My ministry is my volunteer work—4-H, youth outreach/education in sciences/environmentalism, and religious community development (intra-faith as well as interfaith). My ministry is my work as a priestess in a coven, my work with those outside my faith, my work with the trees I research, my interaction with the bus driver on public transit, the person who sits next to me at the airport… often, the work finds you, I’ve told people. My ministry is being present to the beauty and power of Life and Truth (Maat—Reality), as well as holding up a mirror to others so they can find and enjoy that capacity in themselves. Everyday in every way—what I can, where I can.
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