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So last week a reader wrote me on FB to complain of my response to Henry Karlson <\/a>here.\u00a0 He cc\u2019d Henry, who expressed his anger at me with some warmth.\u00a0 Rather than listen to the anger, I listened to the words and proceeded to argue with Henry about why he was wrong I was right, etc.<\/p>\n

At length, the reader wrote back and said, \u201cWhat I never heard on either side was an acknowledgement that you had treated one another uncharitably, and no apology.\u00a0 When no one admits sin, there can be no forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hmm.\u00a0 Charity, eh?\u00a0 Dammit.\u00a0 I *hate* that.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t thinking about charity at all.\u00a0 I was thinking about defeating Henry in argument, not about my duty of Christian love for Henry.\u00a0 I don\u2019t tend to think about love.\u00a0 I tend to think about terms of debate and being on the right (or at least the winning) side of an argument. Had to go to confession after that.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m trying to revise my approach to life.\u00a0 I\u2019m bad at that.<\/p>\n

Anyway, don\u2019t know if Henry will see this but: I\u2019m sorry I did not write in a spirit of love.\u00a0 I was wrong.\u00a0 Mea culpa.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"