I was at a church this past weekend, one I have gone to before. After the service one of the ministries was having a fundraising lunch. The head pastor was there and glad-handed my husband and I and congratulated our recent marriage, ending with "Good for God", the mysterious meaning of that phrase deserves its own blog post. In my 15 second interaction with this man I felt like I was being campaigned to by a stereotypical politician, performing what he thought the polls were telling him the voters wanted - Someone to shake hands, offer huddle prayers, and be passionately involved in peoples' lives for the 15 second interaction. This is not the first pastor I have met that gives me this impression, perhaps they teach this at seminary. What got me was that I left the church building very shortly after the handshake experience, and to my surprise as I pulled out of the parking lot, there was the pastor, leaving as well.

This really gets my goat. In the two/three years I have known him he rarely participates in events unless he is the lead prosecution,speaker/pastor. Several times I have been to group studies, Sunday evening worship, and after church lunches and unless he was presenting he ducks out after being there for a few minutes to "make an appearance" or doesnt come at all.

Im not claiming that to be head pastor one needs to be at every single event, that's impossible and unhealthy. But to apply heavy pressure to your colleagues employees to be present at all sorts of things without a break does seem to be inconsistent.

And what the heck does Good for God mean? Maybe it has something to do with Kingdom Worship