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Forbes Magazine has done us all an immeasurable favor by culling all kinds of creative data to help us identify our nations most sinful cities. Forbes used the model of the "seven deadly sins" to identify the top ten worst cities in each category. Some of their creative data is a bit suspect (for example, Salt Lake City, not Las Vegas, made the list as one of the ten worst cities for lust because they measured condom and contraceptive sales across the state instead of number of prostitutes and strip clubs). I wasn't too surprised to see St. Louis listed as one of the top 10 for wrath (measured by murder rates), but I was surprised to see Salt Lake City listed so many times (I think it topped the list for being in the top ten in the most categories). Want to find out how your city ranks? Check here .

As most of you know, The Journey made some waves last year. One of the many ways our church connects with our local culture is by hosting discussion oriented events at local gathering spots. One of the events, Theology at the Bottleworks (TATB), takes place at Schlafly Bottle Works, a local micro-brewery and restaurant, caught national attention, and generated more than just a little mis-information about us and our ministries. I haven't blogged on this topic up to this point because there was more than enough being written already and I really didn't want to add O2 to the fire. And I guess if I am being honest, I would probably have said a number of things that I might now regret, not because they shouldn't have been said as much as the fact that I probably would have said those things out of pride and anger (aka sin). OK, no "probably" there. I would have. This topic isn't so hot any more and the previous discussions tended to produce more heat than lig