Tip-Off #22 - Guilty Innocence

"God save us always from the innocent and the good.” (Graham Greene, The Quiet American)

I'm guilty. I don't love my neighbor as myself and I've broken all the Ten Commandments. But these days it's wrong to feel guilty. “Unfortunate” or “inappropriate” is the word. And it's as though God gave us Ten Suggestions.

Shortly after a painful divorce a mentor and close friend visited me. I needed all the consolation I could get. Instead, Carey said…