'But you only work on Sundays...'

How do we know what our job is as clergy?

Just before the turn of the century, I served at a church in New York City. Fortunately, the congregation owned an apartment building where the staff lived, so we didn’t have to pay rent. The commute was very convenient - a ‘secret’ door at the back of the church that led directly to the building next door.

One summer I was directing the church’s summer…