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The Seven Deadly Sins–Part 5: Lust-A Strong Desire
LUST I currently live in Vegas where lustful thinking isn’t just encouraged, it’s expected. Everywhere you look, there is a picture of some scantily clad woman luring you to some “gentleman’s club.” Years ago when we were stationed in California, my husband had to go TDY to Vegas. TDY just means business trip in military…
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The Seven Deadly Sins–Part 4: Greed (Don’t Be a Scrooge)
GREED When I was working at the Salvation Army Domestic Violence Program in Florida, we would often get people stopping by to give donations in the form of money, clothes, toiletries, and other useful items. They were always welcomed, because, often times, we had women leaving their abusive homes and trying to start new lives…
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The Seven Deadly Sins–Part 2: Gluttony (Don’t Eat Like a Pig!)
Gluttony What is gluttony? In a word…piggishness. “Don’t stuff your face!” “Don’t eat like a pig!” “Man, I ate so much. I feel all fat and sassy.” These are just a few ways we express the sin of gluttony. Now, there are probably some of you out there who are wondering if this is really…
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The Seven Deadly Sins–Part 1: Green With Envy
For the next seven weeks, I’m going to be running a series on the seven capital sins or, more popularly known as the seven deadly sins. I listen to a podcast called “Pints with Aquinas” by Matt Fradd and, last week, he ran a two-part series where he went over the seven capital sins. He used…