Sometime ago I wrote about pastors wearing robes. After a conversation with a pastor friend and some thought I don't want to take back what I said, but I would like to amend it. What we don't see when a pastor wears a robe is his/her personal style of dress. We see tradition. We don't see if she is stylish or if he is a hipster pastor. We don't get into conversations about if what is worn is "appropriate". That being said, people will still talk about such things, but it is more limited - make-up or not, hair style, facial hair.
Annoys me that this seems to be more of an issue for women. Barbara Walters interviewed Secretary Hillary Clinton and asks her about lipstick. Really! You have one of the most powerful people in the world sitting in front of you and you ask about lipstick. That is shameful. It seems we don't know what to do with women. Should they be like men? Should we just care about them as potential sexual partners? (That is what the lipstick question boils down to.)
While we try to figure ourselves out, I get why women pastors might choose to wear a robe. It also gives them more authority and power which is strangely ok in this circumstance. Men, you have the power. You don't need the robe. Or maybe you do, so I don't judge you by your manner of dress.
Undecided.
No comments:
Post a Comment