If you could do anything else ...

It seems to me that whenever I have heard wisdom from a pastor with decades of experience under his belt a recurring theme is "If you can do anything else, do it."

Coupling that with a fellow pastor's comment about what he would want to do for a living if he wasn't pastoring brought the following question to my mind:

"What would I want to do if I wasn't in ministry?"

My experience is that God has called people to the pastoral ministry from various educational and vocational backgrounds and I never tire of hearing of such.

So, my questions for you, DTSers:

"Were you (planning on) doing something else when get turned toward a career in ministry? If so, what?"

"If you weren't in the ministry today, what would you be doing?" (assuming you could get the job you wanted).

Me?

I would be a sports writer for the St. Louis Cardinals.