At heart, many of us prefer sin to virtue. It s more exciting. Many adults would openly, or at least quietly, agree. Then to add insult to injury, it s the sinners in the gospel who have all the good things happen to them. So let s talk about sin for a minute.
Sin is the stuff that messes with our hearts.
Sin is essentially that which separates us or alienates us from God and our fellow human beings and the world in which we are imbedded. It is, if you like, the original disconnect. Sin is all those things that cause us to hurt ourselves or God or other people or the earth. The problem is that it s very subtle. Taking out a gun and shooting someone is clearly bad, clearly a sin.