The Q

by Beth Brower

“I say: Preach! Preach! If you know of a higher ideal, if you see a better way for mankind to exist, then preach! Don’t sit quietly by because of your own imperfections! What happens when a set of imperfect people spend their time talking about becoming better? Chances are one or two of them might actually choose to become better. Unless we buy the hedonistic drivel of the day, what keeps us from it? Are we so scared of failing? We’re human! We fail. We fall.”

“We sin. And yet something calls us towards perfection. Do you know why? Because we’re good for it. We have the capacity to examine our lives and improve, to change. But we can’t do it just on our own.

“I will serve the good of more than just myself. If I reduce myself to fighting his petty game, I’ll have given up my moral position in a grander battle. Besides, I don’t just look at the stories depicted in the windows of Rhysdon Cathedral, I believe them. I will cry truth as I see it, and truth will out.”