Grading on a Curve

After thirty years of being pastor, I am still amazed by the number of people who believe God is going to grade on a curve. They know they have done wrong, have mistreated others, particularly those closest to them. Yet when they watch the nightly news and see terrorists or child abductors, they conclude, I’m not as bad as those folks. I am a good person.

I haven’t killed anybody. I pay most of my taxes. I volunteer from time to time at the local homeless shelter. I’m not perfect, but I try my best to be good. I don’t expect to twin the Mother Teresa award, but overall I think I will receive a passing grade.