The Christian faith teaches us that we are all broken beyond repair. Despite the fact that many of us can manage to appear unbroken on the outside, if we are honest we will admit that there is something inside of us that needs fixing. This is the grand façade. It is the mask constructed of our feeble attempts to be good when we know that our goodness only goes so deep.
We are fascinated by public leaders and politicians that seem “good” but given the right circumstances, pressures, and temptations the façade crumbles and brokenness is revealed lurking there just beneath the surface. With hand to mouth we gasp in shock at their behavior, but on a deep, secret level we are afraid that something of what has bitten them has also bitten us.
