Reflections on Christian Celebrity-ism and Ted Haggard

Readers of Mere-O almost assuredly know the story by now. It is far too common and predictable, and the details do not need repeating here. Most readers, after all, do not read Mere-O for stories, but for comments. Which generally saves us a lot of typing.

Justin Taylor, one of the best Christian bloggers on the web, has obtained a copy of the letters read to Haggard’s church this morning. They are important reading. Haggard sounds sincere and honest in his confession. I have no doubt he will be further discredited for lying to reporters earlier in the week, but in some ways it is to be expected. A habit of hiding sins for years and years would, I think, cause someone to try desperate measures to prevent them from being revealed. He had much to lose, and attempted to keep it.