Response to "New Sins?"

In the most recent issue of Time, Nancy Gibbs provides a helpful critique of the Vatican’s statement about new sins for a new time.

While in an earlier post, I had made mention of my agreement with the principle of re-evaluating our current cultures and their activities in light of Scripture, I think that Gibbs’ probing reflection on the social nature of sin versus the private nature of sin is helpful reading.

Take this statement as an example:

The new list is about what separates us from one another; it makes abstract the failings that once were intimate and in the process may make sin smaller, not bigger or more relevant.

If only more people were debating the nature of sin and how it effects us today. Perhaps it would lead us to soul-deep interactions with life and God.