Comments on: Working Mama http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/ A blog by Erica Schemper Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:43:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Erica http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-8252 Erica Tue, 13 May 2008 13:39:08 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/#comment-8252 No. I get it. I feel the same thing sometimes: this is so not the complete reality for many people in their work. And I really hate that. Sometimes I feel guilty that I can have cheerios strewn all over my office and that's an OK thing. But I'm also trying not to feel guilty about it and remind myself that this is one of the big reasons I went into ministry. I had a minister dad who modeled the possibility of using the flexibility of pastoral work to be really present with your children, and when I think about my motivations for going into ministry, that possibility is one of them. And I was attentive to the this when I accepted this call: I don't think I would have accepted this call if it seemed like the church would not be able to handle me working with little ones in tow. So, no worries, ms rev! No. I get it. I feel the same thing sometimes: this is so not the complete reality for many people in their work. And I really hate that. Sometimes I feel guilty that I can have cheerios strewn all over my office and that’s an OK thing.

But I’m also trying not to feel guilty about it and remind myself that this is one of the big reasons I went into ministry. I had a minister dad who modeled the possibility of using the flexibility of pastoral work to be really present with your children, and when I think about my motivations for going into ministry, that possibility is one of them. And I was attentive to the this when I accepted this call: I don’t think I would have accepted this call if it seemed like the church would not be able to handle me working with little ones in tow.

So, no worries, ms rev!

]]> By: ms rev or not http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-8250 ms rev or not Tue, 13 May 2008 01:41:39 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/#comment-8250 did that sound kind of... b*#@hy? i didn't mean for it to. and congrats to erik on the job! did that sound kind of… b*#@hy? i didn’t mean for it to. and congrats to erik on the job!

]]> By: ms rev or not http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/comment-page-1/#comment-8160 ms rev or not Thu, 08 May 2008 22:51:40 +0000 http://erikanderica.org/erica/2008/05/08/working-mama/#comment-8160 that's great. i wish everyone's work could be accommodating. that’s great. i wish everyone’s work could be accommodating.

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