May I introduce you to a long disputed mystery — a mystery woven throughout time, etched with intrigue and romance.
A mystery buried deep in life, causing greatness to flourish, and yet, utter destruction to prevail. This mystery is found in knowing or not knowing the Truth, with rewards received and consequences that destroy. It’s a mystery of the Truth doing battle with Untruths.
In some way or another, each person wants — OK, demands! — to know the Truth.
But, there’s a dilemma. This dilemma is to really know the Truth, as The Truth, and to really know Untruths, as Untruths. This perplexity is experienced in “Living The Truth, Where We’re Living!”
Ya, I know, we each have our own idea of the Truth, and what the Truth looks like. Yet once the Truth is known, what each does with the Truth depends on the person, their disposition, their situation, and the circumstances they find themselves in.
Right now there’s a lot floating around that’s called Truth. Yet, it’s only a blushing of the Truth. Because of these red-faced truths, we’ve inherited an innate ability to doubt — to question the honesty of information and the ones giving it.
We also question information coming from all aspects of life. Science says, been proven, it’s true, then it’s deemed not true. The medical field says this is true, and then it isn't. The church says certain things are true, and then we find it’s mere folk theology, or manipulated facts with little to no substance of the Truth. Governments give information deemed true, yet it’s false. Families claim something’s true, and we find out it isn’t. Canadian law searches for the Truth, yet the Truth is ignored. Likewise, gangs have their own truths, which they struggle to enforce. Ya see, it seems all have failed to deliver the Truth.
We live this mystery, attempting to know for sure the Truth and try desperately to discover Untruths so we can maximize good and limit the disasters.
To help discover the Truth, the examination of both the Truth and Untruths is needed. No! It’s not a set of rules and mega lists of regulations we’re comparing or measuring against. But rather, it’s looking at the characters — the associates of the Truth and of Untruths.
To understand these characters, there are character sketches. These character sketches are not in full detail but rather an overview for discovering the mystery of the Truth in battle with Untruths.
Here’s the challenge in this mystery, these characters need investigating. There must be a probing examination of the Truth to fully know the Truth, and Untruths to fully know Untruths. It’s an enquiry that requires in-depth deduction to reveal the Truth and Untruths for who and what they are.
There are twenty character sketches for consideration.
Hey! They may not be what’s perceived!
— Tim Kirby is the Sundre Legion #223 chaplain, and welcomes input at [email protected]
