Great to greatest…priest to priest-est….When we view the word “priest” as a verb it turns into an action and not an identity; we can add a modifier and it turns into something that we can become better at doing.  Women priests are called to actively priest in our communities and that very may well look different than what is normally thought of as priestly functions of today. This is because women priests are called to act in a shared leadership with community. It is a leadership that:

• Appreciates that each person has a right to self-direction and independence,
• Recognizes that there are no souls more special than others,
• Lifts up rather than beats down those with differing opinions, and
• Creates an environment of shared decision making in planning community activities.

You won’t find cover-ups, old boy clubs, and hierarchical positioning (clericalism).