When church is a casualty of overbooked lifestyles

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When church is a casualty of overbooked lifestyles

Is eavesdropping a sin, maybe akin to gossipping or lying? Does it make it worse if the person you listen in on is a priest? At least it was a benign conversation that I overheard at the farmer’s market Saturday. A man near me at the flower stall was discussing his sermon for Sunday, and I perked up because priests are interesting. When he said he was subbing at St. John’s Episcopal, I fully committed to the aforementioned possibly-a-sin. St. Jo…