Problem with spiritual masterbation

The characters and the major events portrayed on The Wire are composite images reflecting the reality of Baltimore. Longtime residents of the city could provide you with the names of people bearing great resemblance to the politicians, policemen, drug dealers, dock workers, teachers and preachers portrayed in this television drama. However, what is often missed is that the creators of the show (one a former newspaper reporter in Baltimore, the other a former policeman and school teacher) are trying to convey a message about many American cities, not just Baltimore. Characters and events similar to those seen on The Wire have their counterparts in other urban areas facing the problems associated with illegal drugs and the consequences of a flawed national drug control policy. Baltimore may be the site of the gripping drama that is The Wire, but Baltimore is not the only American city that is gripped by the fallout from the war on drugs.

One of the issues for those watching with an eye on the UK is that we see so many life's destroyed by poverty plus stuff related. 

The drugs are part of this scenario,

the crime is part of this scenario,

along with faithlessness,

Lack of funding. Critically.

These are all Institutional sins

We can pray,even dialogue,but many more in the Church run away from these issues, our faith becomes weak and shallow, pointless and irrelevant.

Fundings prevented longtime employment of many  with a pastoral heart for the youths.

Love the city,

wish to proclaim its goodness

but reality is that we are disregarded.

Even in the Christian world those pastoral concerns are ignored,

the problems ignored,

now form apart of normal life.

This is a sin an Institutional sin,the Church is guilty of a type of spiritual masterbation where it stop having intercourse with those living plus serving the inner cities.Yet they wish to sleep with power brokers,

not get hands dirty with real mission,

because temple need to be maintained.

So real life's,lived like those close to the Wire or environments similar become forgotten. 

We point the finger and gossip about benefit culture,

While we 'duel sin'

Not resourcing those committed to the issues evident in shows like the wire!