Evening: Psalms 10, 11; John 14:18-31
A show portrays a priest as mentally ill; he believes God is with him when he murders people he considers evil. Mona and I are both reasonably mentally stable priests. We laugh at these caricatures of clergy in the media … we have to laugh to keep from crying! These portrayals reflect common cultural perceptions of faith and faith leaders as woefully suspect, untrustworthy, or just plain stupid. Jesus suggests that spiritual authenticity is demonstrated by love and peace. These come from God; they are the real measure of whom we should trust, or whether we ourselves can be trusted.
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