“We are shaped by what we see and do not see, what we experience and do not experience. The power of exposure and custom — and the lack thereof — etches deep marks in our inner beings…. I realized that I needed to be ordained to be a model for girls and women who might not hear God’s call if they had never seen a woman behind the pulpit or Table. I needed to be seen and heard, so their experience would include women standing behind the pulpit and the Table. I needed to serve as a Christian minister for the sake of boys and men so they could be inspired by what I said, and so that they would never thwart anyone called to serve God and God’s church.”
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