Our ever-expanding rights…

One of the resources I am using for the series I am doing at Morgantown Community Church, on the 'Seven Deadly Sins', is a book called Sinning Like a Christian by Will Willimon. This week I am preparing to talk about Greed and found a short section of his chapter dealing with this topic too good, maybe … Continue reading Our ever-expanding rights…

Distortions of love…

Yesterday I quoted from William Willimon's book Sinning Like a Christian, in which he works through the Seven Deadly Sins. This book is  full of so many helpful insights that I had to share just one more with you today. Willimon says: "The Seven, said the medieval theologians, are radical distortions of love. If that is true, … Continue reading Distortions of love…

Freedom during Lent…

This morning I was going through an old notebook, looking at some notes I'd jotted down in the past year.  I ran across this quote, which I heard Rob Bell say at a conference I attended last year. It is especially pertinent during Lent... Rob said, “Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being … Continue reading Freedom during Lent…