- Lutheran pastor Katie Hines-Shah
Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Katie Hines-Shah, Lutheran pastor.
“Also, a lot of people assume that I don’t have child care. I’ll go visit a parishioner at the hospital and they’ll be like, ‘Where’s your daughter?’ Well, she’s at day care, because I’m doing my job. I don’t go hauling my two-year-old around to funerals and hospitals. My male colleagues don’t get that question. There is a plus side: I am totally allowed to pick up a baby or hold a toddler or hug a crying teenager in a way that might look suspicious for a man.
