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The Big Rethink
The Sin that Ruined My Ministry Career
Whatever you do, don’t do this!
Damn! I did it again. In fact, I do it every time. I just can’t seem to stop myself. I am told it’s wrong, undoubtedly a vice, and assuredly they are right with their seminary degrees and doctorates.
Several well-meaning church pastors brought their grievances to my attention a few years ago. They encouraged me to join a small recovery group at the church to kick my nasty habit once and for all. I tried. It didn’t work.
But what was of grave concern was my recent narrow escape from being abducted into a 12-step reformation camp called OWHIM (Our Way or the Highway International Ministries). Family members and church do-gooders, all garbed in black SWAT gear and battering rams, descended on me like a hellfire missile to set me straight. I owe it to God, they said. I had to do some fast talking to squirm out of that one.
Like most sins, it just snuck up on me. I was sipping on a Starbucks while driving home in LA rush hour traffic. I was bored with music, and talk-radio was old news. It was the road’s fault, really. You know, the hum of the tires on concrete. I went “alpha state” for miles. My mind then rabbit-trails to some inquisitive ideas and theories about our origins. The next thing I know, I am…
