tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900034277402712021.post8037912076029764435..comments2023-10-12T10:42:13.682-05:00Comments on salvaged faith: being hit onKatie Z.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01143363139786424632noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900034277402712021.post-51880923891302890682010-09-15T12:19:09.289-05:002010-09-15T12:19:09.289-05:00First off, besides being a married pastor you'...First off, besides being a married pastor you're also a woman. Sometimes a woman is something more than a normal person, and sometimes something less. A lot of the time a woman is both more and less than a normal person, but not at the same time a normal person. You, as a woman, mean things to other people, and these things are not the ways you know and define yourself: "pastor" and "married" don't always enter the picture you form when you're standing in the soup aisle dressed in a tank top and jogging shorts.<br /><br />Second, I've noticed two trends among women of the age and physique to attract me. One is to sometimes wear a ring on the ring finger, though the women are unmarried, as if to deter advances and/or to attract men who are willing to advance regardless of or in spite of the apparent unavailability. <br /><br />The other trend involves a kind of bipolarity with regards to social reserve. There's definitely a lot more skin on public display now than I think I've ever seen. There's also a semantic labyrinth for me to puzzle through if I hope to have even a friendly conversation with a woman -- and she's not too drunk to keep her guard up.<br /><br />I don't know what to make of it all, given how I live in the midst of it, though I suspect that it has something to do with marketing, the meaning of words, liberation and liberation theology/social justice, and a whole lot of other things. What I mean is that I don't think I'm the only one having trouble making sense of social things in this place and at this time in history. It seems that all bets are off.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821070761406780237noreply@blogger.com