Comments on: The Pastor’s Kid.

By: D Hudson Everett

D Hudson Everett — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:45:00 +0000

I am what happens when you take the best and worst of the Replica and the Rebel.
I take after my dad in his speaking ability and knowledge of scripture but then his anger and pride too.
I rebel against tradition for its own sake, hoping to help church be relevant to culture, but I also curse and hang out with the “wrong crowd”

By: Teukrides

Teukrides — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:43:00 +0000

As I mentioned in the PK gone wild post, as an ex-PK, I wasn’t allowed to read mythology growing up. In college today, I’m studying Classical Lit (Latin/Greek) and Western Philosophy.

Despite such a worldly major/minor, many people at church (not where my parents attend) assume that I have this great knowledge of the Greek Bible, as if I’m at a spiritual advantage or that I read the GNT constantly, like some kind of half-cleric. Except I smoke, drink, and use profanity (not at church), so others think I’m the devil. One or the other.

By: karldomogalla

karldomogalla — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:21:42 +0000

To be fair they say ‘Knowing is half the battle’ and ‘Go Joes!’

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:31:39 +0000

Thank you for sharing this LJFredricks! I understood every word!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:28:53 +0000

Really doubt that. Your life might have sucked, and sure don't want to downplay any of it, but I'm betting it wasn't under a microscope with critics watching and commenting on your every move…

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:26:39 +0000

It goes WAY beyond parenting. It's parenting, how the church treats them and most importantly how that pastor ALLOWS the child to be treated by the church!

By: another pk

another pk — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:14:52 +0000

this was so true i almost cried. the one liner at the end of 3 hit me deep

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:27:01 +0000

Duuuude…I know like ten of those at my Christian college. Hahahahaha.

By: Jennwith2ns

Jennwith2ns — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:27:39 +0000

Like Ben at the beginning of these comments (I never jump in here quickly enough to have the stamina to read all the ones that precede mine), I am a PK/MK. I'm just chiming in because of that pedigree, not because I can think of any interesting stories off the bat. Most of them happen to other types of pastor's kids–I was some mix of replica and regular . . .

By: Rich Bradford

Rich Bradford — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:37 +0000

I am not a PK, but this had me in tears. My senior pastor has 4 sons. Our family pastor has 2 sons, and our youth pastor has 2 sons (preschool and toddler). You've got me in trouble. I will never be able to look at those kids the same again.