About the Author: Elizabeth Scalia
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and author of several books including the award-winning Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life (Ave Maria Press) and Little Sins Mean a Lot (OSV). She blogs as “The Anchoress” at www.theanchoress.com. She is married, and living on Long Island. This article is first appeared on www.wordonfire.com and is reprinted with kind permission.