Our brilliant mind this week is pastor and author, the Rev. Dr. Stacy Smith. Stacy shares how, growing up in the Presbyterian church in Dallas, the encouragement of an adult to be the "loud, bossy show-off that I was just naturally" gave her the confidence to use her her skills in service to others. She and Jacob chat about their days at Union Seminary and discuss the challenges of identity that can accompany parish ministry. Stacy shares how her work outside the church-- from her first job out of college at the InterFaith Conference in DC to her work in healthcare advocacy--has actually been a benefit to her ministry and to her comfort in being herself.

Rev. Smith is currently the Temporary Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Auburn, New York and is the author, with Rev. Ashley-Anne Masters, of Bless Her Heart: Life as a Young Clergy Woman.