The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' (Luke, 18: 11-12)A few weeks ago I published a post entitled “Abjure” in which I used somewhat hard language to distance myself from much of what I’ve done in the past. After more pondering, and also taking into account the effect ...
