I got a job!
Thankfully this is not a strange occurence, what is strange occurence is that for the first time I shared this with the world in an announcement on social media. I have been on facebook for the past 13 years, I have had five jobs, have graduated 3 schools (am anticipating my fourth), and this is the first time that I have shared momentous big news in this medium.
When I signed my contract I said "Can we take a pic? I need to use this for my digital media project." Without this class I wouldn't have thought to commemorate that moment, and quite honestly I'm really grateful that I did. It is a big deal in my story to be finishing my theological education and be moving right in to my first call. The post was cute and the support of the community has been lovely. But all the attention actually did remind me of why I stay away from posting big news on social media. I do like flying under the radar. As I continue down this path I don't think I will share all significant posts on social media. My inclination to be private is still very strong but I did learn something in all this that has moved me to reconsider how stingy I am with posts of this nature.
I spent this last weekend with college friends who have known me a long time. I think most of them are theists, largely of the Christian variety, but they never go to church and frankly don't even consider going usually. This weekend I learned that my posting about my new job piqued some curiosity. A couple of my friends even mentioned looking up the word Curate and we had a short discussion about what my job entails. This surprised me to learn that my post inspired some of my friends to learn about the church when I wasn't present, usually if I'm around we'll have a church or God talk, but because of my post that was happening without me! What has been said in this class is true, your posts can be a way to educate, intrique and motivate people to do things that they ordinarily wouldn't consider. This always seemed like something that would require a lot of extra work on my part, but this happened just by me sharing the going-ons of my life. As a clergy person I suspect moments like this happen regularly, where our lives are considered "different" by designation and so they provide opportunities to reflect and learn by either the similarities and/or the contrast to non-clergy life. This is a great tool for evangelism and teaching and my prayer is that I will continue to be bold and embrace it. In fact, I will pray that prayer in all areas of my life. Amen.
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