Kirsten Pinto-Gfroerer will be the guest speaker at saint benedict’s table idea exchange on Tuesday January 31st at 7:30 in the Folk Festival music store, 211 Bannatyne Ave. at Albert St. The lecture is entitled Why we should not give up on sin; or, how being a sinner isn’t an insult after all. The purpose of this talk is to explore the concept of sin, its history and its function in our society and in our lives. Come join us as we consider how the concepts of “health” and “balance” and their application as functional therapeutic terms have come to replace the function of sin in our understanding of the self.