The Devaluation of Character (#1027)
Following up on the World in Turmoil and the scandal at Bethel, leads Kyle and Wayne into a conversation about character. Where do you find people of character and how do you become one in a culture that says the image you project is more important than the person you are? Do you see vulnerable people as targets to exploit or people who need care and security? Even though expedience provides a quicker path to money and power, living at peace with yourself is a far better journey.
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Thank you, thank you so much for your encouragement in this political environment. It’s easy to get discouraged with the situation but your podcast today was like a North Star for me. I remember your encouragement Wayne when I asked how to navigate thru this season., You suggested I listen to Republicans who were not afraid to critique their own party and Democratics who also were not afraid to critique their own party. That has helped sort thru some of the lies. I especially enjoy listening to David Brooks on PBS Friday nights. Thanks again.
Thanks for your comment, Nancy. And I like David Brooks, too. He is a man of faith with a wonderful pespective
Morality in the US (and elsewhere) has been declining for most of my lifetime (I’m a little older than you, Wayne, at 76). It began with the “Sexual Revolution” in the Sixties, and spread from there. Around 1970, while I was in Bible college, I was introduced to the writings of C. S. Lewis. One thing he wrote that has always stayed with me was that morality is unitary–it’s all one thing. And if you tear down one area, all the others will follow. In the late ’70s, I was taking business classes at the University of Cincinnati. One day our accounting professor came into class agitated, and after a while he explained. The university was changing what it was teaching for business ethics, and he felt the changes were wrong. Over the next few years, I saw what he was upset about. I had a small company in the business services field, and companies that had once paid their bills promptly started taking longer and longer to pay, as older executives retired and younger ones ran the operations. I eventually managed to get into a different line of work. But ethics in all areas of our society have been going downhill for all these years.
If you choose between money and integrity, integrity will always lose. That’s why you choose integrity and let the dollars fall where they will.