Sloth vs. Hope: Why You’re Always Busy — and Still Feel Stuck

Sloth isn’t laziness. It’s avoidance.

In this episode of Converging Paths, Rev. Eric Elnes, Rabbi Brian, and Zen teacher Esther explore how sloth shows up in modern life — not as inactivity, but as distraction, busyness, and spiritual disengagement.

We ask:

• What are we busy about?
• Why does slowing down feel threatening?
• What does Sabbath actually interrupt?
• And how is hope practiced — not earned?

Hope, we discover, isn’t wishful thinking about the future. It’s the courage to stop long enough to remember that we are already held.

Part of our ongoing interfaith series on the Seven Deadly Sins and the Lively Virtues.