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Confessions of a Pastor | Craig Groeschel

by Matt McCarnan on July 5th, 2007

Confessions of a PastorCraig Groeschel. Confessions of a Pastor: Adventures in Dropping the Pose and Getting Real with God. Multnomah, 2006. 224 pp.

I Had Been Living a Lie

One Sunday, I stood before my church, filled with fear. Fear that they would think I had failed them as their pastor, that I had let them down. But I was finally ready to tell the truth; I was sure it was what God wanted me to do.

I hadn’t had an affair or stolen from the church funds. In fact, my sins were small, everyday things; they were all just hidden from view. From the pews, it looked as if I had become everything and done everything a pastor should, and I worked very hard to keep it that way. I had played the part to perfection.

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