Tagged: the seven deadly sins

There is an old list, popular in early Christianity, known as the “seven deadly sins.” Humans have always liked lists. Lists never seem to go out of fashion. Look at any popular magazine and you’ll see that we are drawn to lists and to articles that organize big topics into bullet points. If you want …[ read more ]

Stubborn pride. It’s an apt phrase. There is something dug in about arrogance like pet urine you think you’ve cleaned until a damp day when suddenly it’s all you can smell. Or like a weed you’ve researched, identified, cut down, uprooted, poisoned, and plowed that reappears despite your frantic stabs with the hoe, the pick-ax …[ read more ]