Envy isn’t about not having enough stuff. Rather, it is the sense that I am not enough. Seeing things in others that I wish for myself. But, I need to […]
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Greed moves beyond having what we need to live. Instead, if focuses on accumulation to define our self and status. It is ambition gone wrong. We are called to practice […]
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Food and drink are good and necessary for the health of our bodies, but we can easily overindulge those appetites, placing our physical desires over our spiritual good. To comba...
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Men and women are designed for one another. Therefore, sexual desire isn’t sinful. But, lust is desire disordered. Rather than fulfilling our longing, it leaves us empty and sep...
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Anger over injustice is good. We even see Jesus become angry in several places. But, we’re not Jesus and our anger can too easily give way to wrath. God is […]
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Rest and leisure are good and important things. However, we can slide into spiritual laziness. When we do we do not take time to worship God or attend to our […]
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The sin of pride puts us over others: our fellow human beings and God. We want to put our will in the place of God’s will. When the two do […]
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