Gabriel Mizrahi

Great episode today.

The letter about whether you should have recommended a Christian counselor brought up so many thoughts, and I wanted to offer a few comments regarding the woman struggling after an abortion from the perspective of a Christian pastor.

Bottom line, you guys were spot on.

I would have recommended the same thing.

Great.

Abortion is a very sensitive issue, and it's difficult because we don't know the woman's exact denomination.

But I understand why she may be hesitant to speak with people in her church.

Getting an outside voice and a professional counselor is exactly the right thing to do.

As pastors, we are not trained therapists.

I don't pretend to be a licensed counselor and will refer people in a heartbeat if they go down that road.

I expect the same of the chaplains that I supervise in the army.

It's the whole stay-in-your-lane thing.

I think I give great life advice, and I know scripture really well, how to apply it, and the complexities of theology.

But I am not a trained counselor.

It is different.

Different education and different skill set.

Totally different from Lydia and Lydia.

On top of that, not all pastors are the same.

Saying pastor is like saying salesman or businesswoman.

It's generic.