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7 Reasons Never to Gossip Again

You want to do it. So bad! But you know it’s wrong. It’s gossip. Venting, sharing shocking or surprising news, or any information that you would not want spread if it was about you, is all gossip. Unless there is a serious need to know, it’s the sin of...

An Exorcist Talks about Horror Movies and Board Games

by Patti Maguire Armstrong

If the devil is going to show up at some point in a movie, I’d rather not see it. Yet, any exorcist will tell you that it’s the devil that you don’t see that is the most dangerous—the ones that tell you immorality is a good thing and if there’s a God, he wouldn’t...

Talk Less, Pray More: The Often Sneaky Sin of Gossip—Part 1

by Laura Ricketts

When it comes to serious sin that can cut us off from sanctifying grace, we tend to think of the more overt types of sin: the ones that we hear about in the news or the ones that we have had engrained in our minds ever since we set foot in CCD class or youth group....

The 7 Deadly Sins of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

by Melissa Guerrero

Talking about Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory during Lent seems cruel, especially if you gave up sweets. But the lessons that Willy and Charlie teach us go far beyond food. This penitential season is the perfect time to revisit the classic tale, or introduce...

Mistakes Aren’t Sins, but Negligence Is

by Stephen Mirarchi

About a year ago, a friend went through some complicated medical procedures. They took several months and a fair bit of travel. Ultimately the procedures were frustrating. The doctors finally told him, “We don’t know why it’s happening, and...