Sunday Sermonette: Now Boarding
Sooner or later, any conversation about religion comes down to faith. Faith is a virtue. Without faith, it is impossible to be saved. Church leaders and saints are praised for their great and unshakeable faith. The apostle who required proof is disparaged as “Doubting Thomas.” Jesus told him, “blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have
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I had a conversation with my barber the day before the election. We talked about the coming election, and neither of us gave the slightest hint as to which candidate we favored.
My parents are very devout Catholics. They're both octogenarians. I'm much too old to entertain the vain notion that they should love me for who I really am, and I certainly have no need of their approval. When we get together, we talk about something other than religion, politics, human sexuality, etc. This doesn't mean they don't bring it up; I just deflect and change the subject. It's how we get along. They somehow managed to visit my brother and his husband, who he's been with for 20 years, without ever really acknowledging their relationship or what he does for a living (he's a female impersonator).
My wife and I are retired, but she spent her career working with lawyers in a major international firm. Some of these people are very difficult to get along with, but her theory is that she only had to find one thing to like about them. Just one thing. Oh, Mr. Angry McNasty has a portrait of himself with an Irish Wolfhound at his feet. Does he like dogs? There's the one thing.
Sometimes that's all you've got.
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