Surveys today indicate that trust of other people and trust in institutions, and even trust of the church is at an all-time low. Some of you may remember when the journalist and television anchor Walter Cronkite was often referred to as “The most trusted man in America.” In this day and age, in a culture that is politically, racially, economically, and in countless other ways, divided and polarized, trust is not an abundant commodity.

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