Over the weekend, a well known pastor/author was fired from the 30,000 person church he had founded. The reason given for his firing was that he had developed a problem with alcohol, which had strained other parts of his life, including his marriage and work. I wasn’t a fan of this particular fellow, but I’ve found myself reading and paying careful attention to the situation largely because it’s important to understand why things like this happen. Lots of pastors mess up, mainly because we are human. Unfortunately, because of their responsibility and position, a pastor’s fall tends to hurt a l...
