Last Friday evening, I was ordained as a pastor in the Church of God. Up until this point, I was a licensed minister and had been for about 7 years. This seems funny to me, because I have been working as a minister in one capacity or another for nearly 17 years. Regardless of licensing or ordination, I have been in a vocation that I felt God called me to do for almost 2 decades. I didn’t actually need anyone to tell me what God called me to do, nor did I need confirmation from other pastors that this was what my life had been aimed at. Working as a pastor, chaplain, or youth pastor has always...
