Entrepreneur Max Anderson reflects on his New York pastor and friend’s teaching on idolatry 

In those years when I first worked with Tim after leaving McKinsey, I would often see my old college classmates, either at reunions or in the city. I noticed a strange thing happening. They would ask me what I was up to professionally and I would start with: “Well, I was at McKinsey for a few years and now I’m studying theology at a church in Manhattan.”

I didn’t just share what I was up to. I wanted them to know the resume-worthy bit about McKinsey before sharing the bit about studying to become a pastor. At some level I didn’t want to be thought of as “a potential pastor”. I wanted them to know I had got one of the most prestigious jobs you could get coming out of an Ivy League school, and maybe suggest that I could return to it at any time.

I think I wanted the approval of these people enough to create my own spin zone. Why? … (Register to read the rest of the article)