Tonight I sat next to somebody who is a legend. She spoke tonight at the Presbytery meeting. I went tonight for a couple of reasons: to be in the same room with her, and because I had to make a presentation before the same body.

When I spoke this evening, I thanked her for blazing a trail for me. Her last church to serve in active ministry, you see, is my first church to serve. Yes, she pastored St. Stoic for seventeen years.

Try following that act.

She doesn't make a big deal out of what she accomplished. She quietly and without a lot of fanfare (except that which was forced upon her) answered her call to serve God. She is a dignified supporter of the right for all persons to answer the call of God on their lives. She considers the over 4,000 women ordained since October 24, 1956 to be her spiritual daughters.

Cool moment of the night: when I came back to my seat after making my presentation, she high-fived me.

Awesome.