RevGal Pals

I forget if I’ve detailed why we might have to move? Jrex’s advisor is waiting for written offers (which may or may not come) from Seattle and Stanford. If he gets and accepts one, the whole lab will have to move by August. At the beginning of April, his advisor asked all 20 lab members to consider if they could move with him. He expected an offer imminently and needed to get a quick response from people in the lab about their choice. Jrex’s funding this year and next is based on a grant in his advisor’s name. As they say, ‘follow the money’, and we would have to. However, we’ve heard nothing so far.

Which means we’re stuck in this limbo-land I keep whining about. One limbo item is my pastor’s request for me/us to think about me working as part-time staff for the church. He encouraged me to think about going back to school for counseling. He sees how much I invest in people and situations around me. If I were paid to do what I’m already doing, it might integrate some pieces of my life. My current boss was more than happy for me to work here part time and part time at church. I was seriously considering the possibility. But then we entered limbo.

In some ways because of the limbo, I’ve joined an on-line blog community called RevGal Pals: women serving in various spiritual/church capacities. I’ve never aspired to be a full-time pastor. Frankly, it’s never seemed worth all the headaches and politics. But I tend to end up in leadership roles in the various churches I’ve known. I’m a little tired of life feeling pulled in such disparate directions. I want to invest in something more meaningful than brochures, banners, and trade show graphics, but I’ve been thrashing around a bit to figure out where and what.

Perhaps, no matter where we live, I might venture in the counseling/ministry direction. Perhaps not. But while I’m waiting, it seemed good to ‘meet’ other women who’ve gone further down that road.