The Good in People
When religion isn’t the answer
My partner works in a local Baptist church running sound for their services and events. They found him during the pandemic when they needed a consult and he’s been their sound guy since.
While he may not be of their faith, he’s certainly found a community within their walls. Like many churches, they do good work. And they are good to him — providing him opportunity to hone his comedic skills with clean stand-up.
Sometimes, though, even the good go astray with their intentions.
Over the weekend, I got a text from my partner that there were “street people” sleeping at the doors of the church when he went into work, but one of them was wearing “good shoes” so he didn’t think it was legit.
I countered that we cannot judge someone’s situation in life by the shoes they are wearing.
Turns out, we were both right.
The angry texts I got from my partner confirmed that it was the pastor and another employee pretending to be homeless as a means of setting up a sermon on homelessness that morning. This did little to assuage his, or as it turned out, the congregational upset by this act.
My contention is that it would not deter good people from continuing to offer help when it was needed. He said…
