Jennifer Garner would have loved to have become a minister: ‘My mom still thinks I will be!’
msn.comJennifer Garner would have loved to have been a minister. The ‘Elektra’ actress, 51, who takes children Violet, 17, and Seraphina, 14 – who she had with her 50-year-old former husband Ben Affleck – to church, added her mum still thinks she may still swap careers and take up holy work.
She told the latest issue of Allure magazine: “I would have really liked being a minister. My mom thinks I still will be. I grew up in such a lovely church in the United Methodist Church, and the minister was like the den parent. ” Jennifer added about identifying with the creative side of theology: “What I like about the study of religion, it reminds me of the study of theatre – it’s really a liberal arts education. “You have to understand history, geography, literature.
It’s art, it’s everything. I don’t know anything about Hinduism, Islam, so many other religions, and I wish I did. That feels like a sign of respect. ” Jennifer went on about how she thinks the church brings together communities: “I think the more you engage, the more you learn about different ways that people believe and worship, the more you can sit next to anyone and be a neighbour. “There’s such value in that to me.
I don’t know that I will ever be someone who is writing a sermon Sunday morning, but I like the idea of it. I like the idea of going back to divinity school. ” Jennifer’s eldest daughter teaches Sunday school and the actress said she still holds on to the words from one church service she witnessed as a child.
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