Fake becomes their default setting. Real becomes something that seems too scary, too vulnerable, too unnerving. The result may be that we lose our childlike faith. Maybe at this point you think I’m being too tough on people who fake it. Perhaps you think that Jesus wouldn’t feel this way. If you believe that is true, then I would ask you to reconsider the New Testament, particularly the conversations Jesus had with religious leaders of the day. Jesus spent a lot of his time pointing out the fakeness