New and Improved Jesus? C.S.S., 1991, p. 53). As we strive for inner serenity, things about us and beyond us leave us bitter. In his most recent book, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., said “Disappointment is the universal, modern malady.” Life seems to break its promises. Many come to the place where they’re unwilling to trust life and are suspicious about trusting God. Reinhold Niebuhr declared that under our modern smiles run deep rivers of cynicism and despair. Bertrand Russell advised people to build