I started lead pastoring in July 2020. People would often ask me what it was like to be a lead pastor. In the midst of Covid, I had no clue what it looked like to pastor. Pastoring looked like putting out fires and cleaning up the mess and broken pieces left behind. Pastoring looked like responding to crisis and helping people manage trauma caused by separation, loneliness, death, sickness, fear, and social tensions. Covid changed churches, communities, congregants, and pastors. I didn’t know it then but in that season, I needed the skills of both a pastor and a Chaplain.God ...