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The Seven Deadly Sins: Dorothy Sayers
In preparation for the next sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins, I’ve been reading Dorothy Sayers, “Introduction” to Dante’s Purgatory. Here are few quotes worth noting: “If a man is once convinced of his own guilt and that he is sentenced by a just tribunal, all punishment of whatever…
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Introduction
We’ll spend the next couple of weeks looking at what the Church Father’s and Medieval theologians referred to as the Seven Deadly Sins. There are differing lists in differing generations. I will focus on the following: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. The Scriptures contain lists of sins…
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Peleton Community: Achtervogler
When riding with others I begin to wax on community: how it works best…how it breaks down and fails. Being a cyclist helps because you can see it all in one ride. The efficiency of a peleton is inescapable. A rider who ‘takes a flyer’ off the front only succeeds…
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Mortification Mondays
On Tuesday mornings I and several others are working through John Owen’s The Mortification of Sin. Here are a couple of quotes for today’s discussion. From Chapter 3 on “The Work of the Holy Spirit in Mortification”, “I might here bewail the endless, foolish labour of poor souls, who are…
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Trebuchet Tales: Spud Studs
Our beach trips over the past few years have benefited by a rivalry between the men and women and the projects each brings to share with others at the beach. Tired of being shown up each year, the men got their acts together an built a 3 foot tall trebuchet.…
Backward Mutters 