This article about about women who have children and have made the ordination vow has popped up in enough places it seems appropriate that our readers should give their take.
My take is, if the physical limitations of men to bear children aside, our male clergy with a spouse who works should have the same issues, shouldn’t they? I mean if they are modeling what we say is a weakness in our culture. Or does the church as institution have an expectation of male and female clergy with children, an expectation no different than the typical secular employer?