tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post114606423434495954..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: NON-MONETARY COMPENSATIONSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-1146613146390722402006-05-02T17:39:00.000-06:002006-05-02T17:39:00.000-06:00You can't put it much better than that, Mary. I to...You can't put it much better than that, Mary. I too am clergy, retired - UCC and UMC. Having pastored 2 very large churches, I tasted the celebrity life with a vengeance. With 7 years to go I moved from a 2,500 member church to a 330 in order to get away from the "good life" and to try to reestablish a deeper, more personal lifestyle. I don't know that the small was any more authentic than the large. Being an introvert in the ministry is an adventure in itself. I feel good about it all.<BR/>Citrus<BR/>http://viewfromarizona.typepad.com/citrus/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com