May / June 2009
By Jason Jennings | Illustration By Tom Sciacca/Images.com/Veer
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 While researching my new book, I attended Sunday worship services at a large church near a hotel where I was staying in the Midwest. As I watched the pastor greet his parishioners prior to the start of the service, he seemed to be a pleasant and mild-mannered clergyman.
But as soon as he started his sermon, his demeanor markedly changed, and in what can only be described as an all-out fire and brimstone assault on business, he proceeded to blame every ill of society on “gluttonous” CEOs and the “greedy” businesses they headed. According to him, every problem in the universe could be traced directly to them. The longer his sermon continued, the harder the little zigzag vein on his left temple throbbed, and I became convinced he was going to stroke out before he finished. I wanted to jump up and say something but chose to pray instead...for his sermon to end.
As the service concluded, the pastor made his way to the back of the church and positioned himself to shake hands with his departing flock. I looked for another exit, found none, and realized that the only way out of the church meant I’d be greeting and shaking hands with him. I started mentally searching for some charitable way to let him know how misguided I’d found his sermon. But it wasn’t to be.
As the line of departing parishioners slowly snaked forward, I heard one person after another saying, “Right on, great message,” “You really hit the nail on the head this morning,” and, “Thank you for confirming what I’ve always believed.” I was dumbfounded by what appeared to be universal acceptance and enthusiasm for his message.
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