Think Stronger#1

I don't like the phrase "A pastor is also a person." In this respect, I agree with Professor William Willimon's point. He writes, “How often, when some pastor commits some public sin, there is always someone there to trivialize the lapse by saying, ‘Well, pastors are only human.” Not only is this a curious abuse of the word “human,” but also a degradation of the ministerial vocation. Pastors are called up to be more than “human,” as are all the baptized. The waters of baptism, the imposition of hands upon the head, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, make us even more than human, or perhaps more accurately, truly human.”[1]

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[1] William Willimon, Calling and Character: Virtures of the Ordained Life (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000), p. 46-47.