Job Description

[poliphilo]

The work of a priest- any priest in any religion- is to stand at the edge of the world and point. She is there to remind everybody else that there is an edge. She is a sign. And that's why she wears distinctive clothes and lives apart.

Anything else she does- social work, political work, anything that implicates her in the business of the world- is an add-on and a distraction.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I walked away from priesthood twice. I thought that was the end of the story. But apparently it isn't. I don't know what happens next. Now that I've raised the issue, publicly, like this, my first instinct is to run and hide- like Jonah.

[oakmouse]

Running and hiding has its validity. You may need a quiet period to let this bubble and stew.