How My Part-Time CrossFit Coaching Job Made Me a Better Pastor
11min 29 s
Rev. Anna Tew
As a pastor, having a part-time secular job on the side can bring added joy and satisfaction to your life. It can also provide an economic buffer in a changing church world. But where to start looking? What skills does a pastor have that would be valued in a secular job? In this episode, ELCA pastor Rev. Anna Tew tells how she came into a part-time coaching job at her CrossFit gym that is blessing her, and them, on multiple fronts!
The Rev. Anna Tew is a Lutheran pastor serving Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (ELCA) in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She has served the church professionally for almost 15 years in both parish and hospital settings. A product of several places, Anna was born in rural Alabama, considers Atlanta to be her second home, and adores living in rural New England and has stated adamantly that she is never leaving. She also loves things like hiking/backpacking, popular music, and running. Anna is deeply interested in what it means to be more fully human and whole and to integrate work, rest, relationships, nutrition, spirituality, and movement into daily life in ways that are sustainable and healthy. Finally, she feels contractually obligated to warn you that she is a CrossFit coach and recreational athlete in her spare time, but assures us all that she has no interest in suggesting that anyone do burpees unless she is intentionally contracted and paid by the potential burpee-er. She will, however, annoyingly remind you to stay hydrated. No one really drinks enough water, you know.
- Recorded in July of 2023
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