The Tragedy of the Gifted Underachiever
Why pastoral faithfulness matters more than we think
A few months ago, a distinguished pastor friend shared with me a story that has haunted me ever since. He spoke of a fellow minister—a man blessed with extraordinary gifts in the pulpit, sent to shepherd a congregation in the early 90s, ripe with possibility in his early 20s. He passed away with seemingly a couple of decades of pastoring left in him. Ho…
