Crazy Adventures
"Then I won't have to feel so guilty about feeling so good because I'll be working hard."
"Why would you feel guilty about feeling good?" Krista asked, stunned at hearing him say such a thing.
"My father was a Lutheran pastor," Zach replied.
"A priest!" Krista asked, her eyes wide. "You were raised by a priest?"
"A pastor, a Lutheran pastor," Zach replied. "In both its Catholic and Pagan senses, a priest is a person serving as the interface between God and humans, because you can't do it directly. A Lutheran pastor is ordained to be a living example of Christ, but they are not the go-between like a Catholic priest. Pastors lead, but it is a first-among-equals thing. Nobody's kneeling or bowi