http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Tue, 13 May 2008 03:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-4574 » Welcome Looking for Faith Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:00:51 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-4574 [...] Review of Kate Braestrup’s Here if You Need Me [...] […] Review of Kate Braestrup’s Here if You Need Me […]

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3545 Shelby Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:21:33 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3545 It's good to hear from you. I also remember this passage from the book. She's having a conversation with her daughters about what criteria she should look for in a romantic partner. The daughters suggest that the wardens are likeable and handsome. Braestrup agrees, but then goes on to explain, as you quoted here, why she cannot and will not become romantically involved with them. It’s good to hear from you. I also remember this passage from the book. She’s having a conversation with her daughters about what criteria she should look for in a romantic partner. The daughters suggest that the wardens are likeable and handsome. Braestrup agrees, but then goes on to explain, as you quoted here, why she cannot and will not become romantically involved with them.

]]> http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3538 uugrrl Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:09:16 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/review-of-kate-braestrups-here-if-you-need-me#comment-3538 This is top on my reading list too. I found out about the book recently from another survivor of UU clergy misconduct. She quoted a long passage from which brought her (and now me) so much hope. The nub of the passage reads: "If I become a game warden’s girlfriend—let alone, God forbid, his ex-girlfriend… then that game warden wouldn’t have his chaplain anymore. And his friends wouldn’t either. I’d be something else to them, someone they like or don’t like, but not their minister. I can’t risk taking a warden’s chaplain away from him, even by falling in love." It's so good to know of UU clergy who don't just talk, but also walk, ministerial ethics. This is top on my reading list too. I found out about the book recently from another survivor of UU clergy misconduct. She quoted a long passage from which brought her (and now me) so much hope. The nub of the passage reads: “If I become a game warden’s girlfriend—let alone, God forbid, his ex-girlfriend… then that game warden wouldn’t have his chaplain anymore. And his friends wouldn’t either. I’d be something else to them, someone they like or don’t like, but not their minister. I can’t risk taking a warden’s chaplain away from him, even by falling in love.” It’s so good to know of UU clergy who don’t just talk, but also walk, ministerial ethics.

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