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Article: Trafficking in sin.(a daily commuter contemplates the moral aspects of traffic flow)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- December 17, 1997
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Half a lifetime ago my family moved to a town that is a half-hour's drive from my three places of work. We Martys always had a different mix of children, forming a mini-United Nations. To our original four children we added four others through various foster, foreign student and guest arrangements. To meet the needs of our diverse brood, we found a town with good public schools and a let-'em-run-until-nightfall neighborhood. I still live in that 100-year-old Victorian house.
This choice has required me to commute by car to work. My daily drive has contributed to air pollution and the waste of petroleum resources, my sin in an otherwise guiltless life. Not being ...