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‘I kept putting God in too small of a box’: Five clergy on their unexpected callings

From Religion News Service: Traditionally, clergy operate at their community’s center. But for some, following a call to minister has meant going to the margins — to the digital pastures of TikTok or prison ministry at Rikers Island. From rural chaplains ministering in remote areas to ex-journalists in New York City, these ministers followed their spiritual calling to unexpected ends.

Roger Grace, clockwise from top left, Rosalyn Johnson, Karla Kamstra, Lance JiGan Kaplan and Alexandra Gekas. Courtesy photos