How to Deal with a Censorious Spirit

The title of this column is deliberately vague. By dealing with a censorious spirit, I mean both watching out for the temptation to adopt this posture toward others and knowing how to respond to people who adopt this posture toward us.This sin is insidious because it can hide under the banner of “discernment,” when in reality the sin often being exposed isn’t in the person under attack but in the wicked assumptions of the one doing the attacking. (I sometimes wonder if one of the primary s