In 2001, as I was graduating from seminary, I was perplexed about my calling. Determined that I would like to work with women and justice issues, I investigated working with incarcerated women. As I visited a prison, the chaplain said to me, “The only difference between me and the women I work with is that they got caught.” It was for me a statement that resonated—but not with incarcerated women.

I was asked to go visit a strip club with the idea of acculturating a ministry called Christian Women’s Job Corps with women in the adult entertainment industry. As I sat in the club, I realized, “the only difference between me and these women is that they got caught.”

It was a calling.