Above All Else: From Sloth to Zeal

In our ongoing series Above All Else, Grant Clark turns to the seventh and most misunderstood of the deadly sins: sloth. Far from simple laziness, sloth -- or acedia -- is a spiritual apathy and quiet resistance to Jesus that can live just as easily in the heart of the overachiever as in the one on the couch. "Acedia is ultimately a failure of love. It's a place of apathy toward life and a kind of…