Friends for moms can be hard to come by. Friends for pastors can be exceptionally hard to come by. Friends for moms who are pastors, well…you get the drift!
Pastors are warned not to get too close to people in the churches they serve. Making friends with church people is tricky territory. Pastors in churches are pastors first, friends second and it can never be the other way around. At any moment I might be the person sitting with you in the worst point of your life, or at the most difficult board meeting, or at the most frustrating budget meeting about my own salary. (If it hasn’t occurred to you that a pastor’s job is very weird, then today I taught you something new!)
And so a friend for a mom and pastor is one of the most glorious treasures in the entire world. And by friend, I mean a person with whom you can be your whole true self, with your good sides and bad sides and upside down sides. With the truth that you carry in the deepest marrow of your bones, along with the fears, disappointments, and hurts.
Today I give thanks for friends, because I do have about three, and they do happen to be people in the church I serve, and I could not be a whole person without them. I hope you find these treasures, too, and rejoice in the gifts that they are.
And if you are a pastor, we are in the treasure hunting business together.
Lisa Lewton 