I Am The Chaplain

The Chaplain is unique among clergy. He or she is primarily a religious person whose skills often involve an implied spiritual undertone to the personal skills brought to the helping profession. There are military, hospital, and prison chaplains among others. The chaplain is often called the "poor man's psychiatrist." This blog will be mostly comments of a general nature, comments of my friends who email me. We'll stick to mostly issues that have some sort of spiritual context.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

PASTOR OUTED

Possibly because of the Ashley Madison website, he committed suicide. I saw the interview with the family and felt genuinely sad. A bud sent me the link.

Watching it was like watching our culture. The pastor's suicide was almost beside the point. The video had some pics of the deceased pastor, wife and two older children, up pops a McDonald's commercial--then the media interview, asking those unansuable questions.

What is so bad that someone like this kills himself? I don't know. Is it only guilt? Is it the condemnation he knows he would have faced? I don't know. None of us know what we'd do. Sinners saved by grace. ALL.

Anything related to sex is scandal scandal, scandal. Way too much. What about getting help. He's the helper. God bless his family.

My favorite Cowboy, Gus, in the mini-series, "Lonesome Dove" when asked the unanswerable question said, "I don't know. I simply don't know."