Next up on Running With Jonah: To Pastor Is To Be Alone - A Christmas Story. Every time you meet someone new, the horribly repetitive get-to-know-you conversation always leads to “…so, what kind of work do you do?” And you tell them. And then they apologize for opening the conversation with “this cake tastes like shit, right?” “I’m sorry for saying ‘shit.’ I can’t believe I just said ‘shit’ to a pastor.” After the inevitable “I’m a pastor/I’m sorry” routine, the conversation really only goes in one of two directions. They’re either so awkward that you eat the shitty cake just so you don’t feel obligated to talk, or they tell you all of their thoughts about the church, and you become their pastor when you really just wanted to be a guy at a party eating cake.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:20:54 +0000