I finally watched the taped Book of Daniel. Since everyone was talking about it, I thought that I’d throw out some more thoughts… (that’s what a blog is for, right?). I found the show entertaining. We found some great things to talk about with it – like, how realistic is the family? Why do TV producers insist that everything be over the top? But, it also does help people see that priests are real people, too. Several clergy were talking about it, and there were a few comments that were helpful: seeing the prayer life with Jesus right there, that PKs will always cause problems for their parents, and that sometimes, bad things happen in churches (like money going missing).
A friend of mine who is a PK insists that it was her job to make sure that people would feel comfortable talking to her mother – she needed to be really bad so that the parishioner’s children’s problems couldn’t even compare to what the priest was going through…
Anyway – it will be interesting to see where it goes and what people have to say about it. I wonder how many bishops will get asked why they don’t hang out in every parish every week and give feedback to the priest about the sermon.
Posted by Heather Voss at January 10, 2006 09:53 PMRather than asking a bishop why (s)he doesn't hang out at a parish every week, I'm thinking that the comments would be more like, "I enjoy your annual visits, but please don't feel you have to show up every week."
Posted by: Reverend Ref at January 12, 2006 12:54 PM