this ministry meme / full disclosure

i never connected these dots before, but upon reflection, i have a lot of these dots to connect:
my maternal great-grandfather was a minister back east. episcopalian i believe.
on the other side of the family, my paternal grandfather was a pastor at the little church of la villita here in san antonio.
my uncle -- my dad's brother -- is an ordained chaplain (and maybe a diaconal minister? i forget) in the methodist church, after going to an episcopalian seminary in austin.
my first cousin patric is shipping out wednesday to join the army and study for the chaplaincy there.
my brother is a deacon in the baptist church. my mom works full time on staff of bible study fellowship international in san antonio, one of my best friends and mentors is a pastor, (the other mentor is an elder)

memetic conspiracy theorists would have a heyday. no wonder he's interested in the ministry. the ministry wants him! election. free will. destiny. density. blip. bloop. unique? not unique? distinction? intinction. i'm going to sleep.

unrelated for the repeat soupablog readers: my drivers' licence is drying out nicely, thank you.

Comments

[rabbi bartonowski]

Proof positive that the religious motive is purely genetic, and inherited as a sex-linked dominant gene!
(there are actually a significant number of evolutionary biologists that believe just that)