There are some often unknown roles of being a pastor.
Pastor, have you ever heard?
What is it you have to do when you’re not preaching?
Must be nice to only work one day a week.
I’d like to come see you this afternoon. Since it’s not Sunday I’m assuming you’re free.
Believe it or not, I’ve heard all of those. Most are simple misunderstandings. Sometimes people are just trying to be funny.
I must admit. It’s not always funny — not laugh out loud funny at least, because the jokes grew stale over time. They are still new to someone I suppose.
But when it was said as an indication that pastors have it “easy” it can even hurt. That’s probably true more for my pastor friends in smaller churches where they carry the weight of multiple staff positions and have more than one job.
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