Today's seminary students have lots to fear as they circulate their resumes among search committees. After 10 years on college campuses, he also worries about the inconveniences of starting in a small town. He also wonders about settling someplace that lacks the arts and a racquetball court. Marian Carmical of Lumberton, N.C., worries about church politics. I would not want to let someone else's wealth or standing in the church keep me from addressing problems.
Women also worry about bumping into the glass ceiling - most offers still stop at associate pastor.
For all of it, Fox urges patience and understanding - the qualities shown by the pastor of the church where the KKK flier appeared. She quietly took it down, then used it as a launching pad to address the pain and bitterness that produced it in the first place. Weeldreyer, headed to a church in Scotland, can't wait to start teaching. Waltz wants to tell Bible stories to kids. Carmical dreams of co-pastoring a church in her native North Carolina with her husband.