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Everybody makes mistakes. Not everybody, unfortunately, recovers. Mistakes are inevitable, even for pastors. Wisdom and will can go awry, and ministry can crumple. But disruption doesn’t have to be the final word. For the Christian, gaffes, grief, and grace walk hand in hand. God is in restoration business, and he employs even failure to produce his results. Dig into any effective pastor’s...

was stop to recognize the source of that pain. Only then could he possibly have avoided turning his world inside out. Harold Englund of Garden Grove Community Church quips, “When I lay an egg, I autograph it and hold it up for all to see.” That’s not bad advice, for it accomplishes two objectives in one stroke. First, it keeps him from waffling. How much more constructive to say “I’ve blown it!” than to hem and haw and cover his tracks. Admitting failure begins the healing process,
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