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My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.

I'm really passionate about God and religion, and I thought maybe I'm supposed to be a pastor.

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.

When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.

The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor.

I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.

I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience.