A thought: Every time we really look into the lives of our heroes, one truth emerges--they are imperfect. Whether they're athletes, musicians, religious leaders, or even Bible characters, our leaders all share the fact that they are human, and, accordingly, they were flawed (except Jesus, of course). They all have character weaknesses that went along with their character strengths. They have sins with which they struggle. This is actually a good thing. Mentors and heroes that are perfect are much less useful to us. We need to have real people to look up to, not illusions of grandeur. There is a common issue, however, that I've noticed results when we discover our heroes' flaws and sins. We tend to excuse our own sins. We see that even great men/women were sinners, and so we allow ourselves to copy their sins. "It can be that bad,"...