For me it is now no longer a question of male vs female «ministers,» but rather what constitutes real ministry as opposed to simply another religious exercise. (nakedpastor.com)
The practice of psychotherapy as the only real ministry to their congregation has led the Suffragan Bishop of Washington, Paul Moore, Jr., to write: «Too many priests forget their priestliness when they learn some of the basic skills of counseling — or perhaps they have not been trained properly in the use of priestly techniques and therefore are not confident in their exercise. (religion-online.org)
It is freeing and enables real ministry (or so I'd like to believe). (nakedpastor.com)