Lent: The Vector of Vices + Virtues

Why are we so fixated on sex? Maybe it’s because something about our sexuality gets at the core of what it means to be human.

Lent: The Vector of Vices + Virtues

While “Can I go back and do that again?” is a question I’ve gotten accustomed to hearing on the golf course, for sure, it’s also become a question I’ve gotten accustomed to hearing when I meet with people. “Gah. I don’t know what happened! I mean, in hindsight I can see all the warning signs were there! I just didn’t pay attention to them. Why didn’t I pay attention to them? I wish I could go back and do it all over.” I wish I could go back and do it over. Have you ever felt this way?

Bitter Sweet, The Story of Ruth

To an outside observer it looks as though Naomi is suggesting that Ruth arrange a kind of Pretty Woman set-up with Ruth and Boaz having the ancient equivalent of a Vivian Ward/Edward Lewis type of relationship. It’s risqué. But really. What could possibly go wrong with Naomi’s plan? Well. Potentially, just about everything.

Bitter Sweet, The Story of Ruth

Whether Naomi's decision to return would yield prosperity or continued

deprivation, for richer or for poorer, in shack or in mansion, Ruth was all

in.  What does this relentless mentality look like in today's culture where

exits from sadness and loneliness do not open? Listen in to hear more.

Bitter Sweet, The Story of Ruth

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