{"id":1674,"date":"2018-10-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=1674"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:44:36","slug":"a-lively-sinner-or-a-dull-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/a-lively-sinner-or-a-dull-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lively Sinner or a Dull Saint?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>\u201cBetter to be a lively sinner than a dull saint!\u201d<\/em><\/strong> This was a famous quote of Eugene Kennedy, the psychotherapist, teacher and author.<br \/>\n<strong><em><br \/>\nWho would we rather be around<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 a lively sinner or a dull saint? A <strong><em><u>lively sinner<\/u><\/em><\/strong> can go to confession. <em>A <u><strong>dull<\/strong><\/u> <strong><u>saint<\/u><\/strong> is merely taking up space in the pew, at work or at the dinner table<\/em>.<br \/>\n<strong><em><br \/>\nTo Jesus a dull saint is a contradiction in terms.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Jesus tells each one of us,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<strong>You are the light of the world\u2026.<br \/>\nYou are the salt of the earth.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBetter to be a lively sinner than a dull saint!\u201d This was a famous quote of Eugene Kennedy, the psychotherapist, teacher and author. Who would we rather be around \u2013 a lively sinner or a dull saint? A lively sinner can go to confession. A dull saint is merely taking up space in the pew, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",150,150,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured.png",100,100,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1540690444_featured-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"\u201cBetter to be a lively sinner than a dull saint!\u201d This was a famous quote of Eugene Kennedy, the psychotherapist, teacher and author. 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