Next Sunday Service: November 2
Todd Eklof: Don’t Lie to Yourself

When Polonius tells Laertes, “To thine own self be true” in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, he was advising him to do what he believes is right by remaining true to his values no matter the circumstances. That’s good advice, but this saying could also be taken as an admonition to stop deceiving ourselves by accepting as true the things we want to be true, rather than the things that really are true. Going through life clinging to lies just because they feel good is to be out of integrity with ourselves. In this sermon Rev. Eklof with discuss both the mechanisms of self-deception and some tools to prevent it.