It will never not be weird that you can get a theological education, hired into Christian ministry, and not take a single class in agriculture or spend time on a farm.
I said that before I was a farmer. And now that I am? I think you need to demand a refund from your seminary because you learned marketing and bad business mantras when you should have been learning how to prepare the soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest.
How in the world can you “shepherd a flock” when you’ve never worked with sheep and goats?
I might not draw a paycheck from a church but starting a few years back my neighborhood became my congregation and you know what? I think rejecting the Church Industrial Complex and attempting to make my life Good News in the Neighborhood is way more effective than any church I’ve ever been part of. I do more pastorin’ now than ever.
Want to know what faith looks like? Take a day off during your harvest season. Want to find your purpose and a reason to get out of beet Get some livestock. Want to know what it means make an impact on a family? Grow their dinner.
Want to know what healthy organisms do? They multiply.
You won’t learn that at a conference, you’ll learn that in the fields.
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