In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The human race spends untold millions of dollars and man-hours on the
business of preservation. This church's mailbox is regularly littered
with offers from tuckpointing companies offering their services. The
home-improvement industry is a massive force in the American economy.
Even more behemoth is the market for anti-aging creams, pills,
potions, and products. We are a culture saturated and infatuated
with preservation.
Preservation is a natural instinct, it may be argued. For the good of
the individual and the of the species, we are driven toward acts of
self-preservation and toward things that will ensure the continuation
of the human race. Two things drive a great deal of the decisions the
average person makes: food and procreation.
