Theology: the study of God
I knew that I wanted to be a minister when I was fifteen years old. The problem was that I didn’t believe in God, at least the Biblical God. I did believe in an unknown Creator, but I couldn’t believe that it was the God that existed within the pages of a man made book. I didn’t like that God at all.
But, I still wanted to be a minister. I wanted to be able to be available for the rites of passage in people’s lives. I wanted to officiate at baby blessings, weddings and funerals, and I wanted to help the underprivileged in my community. In short, I wanted to be and do everything that any other Minister was, except for believing in God.
So, the choices of a seminary were pretty limited. They pretty much all taught Theology, which is the study of a male deity. My issue was that I chose to see the Creator in the form of a beautiful and benevolent Goddess.
Consequently, I gave up my dream of being a minister for many years. When I turned forty, I decided that enough was enough. I had studied basically every religion and belief in the world, had dedicated my life to helping those in need, and I was ready to make it legal!
Two things happened simultaneously. I found a Unitarian Universalist Church, and I found a Metaphysically based University that offered ordination, and it provided classes on Thealogy- The study of the divine feminine.
So, in two years I was a fully ordained Minister, and a Community Minister affiliated with a Unitarian Universalist Church. It may have taken me thirty years to achieve my dream, but I did it!
I think that it is important to realize that there are many different kinds of ministers in this world, and that many of them don’t believe in the Biblical God or the study of Theology.
I believe that those who enter the ministry in order to help others, are called there. I know that I was. And, I also know that it was not the God of the Bible who called me.
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