words

As a writer and speaker I use an awful lot of words. So I have been thinking about words. Words can be cheap. It is easy to say or write what I will or won’t do, but it is much more difficult to live it out. Words can hurt. No matter how well-intentioned certain words…

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” my small voice sang. I have wanted to believe that words are just words and they don’t have real power to hurt. But even as a child singing those words they often sounded hollow. Words can and do hurt. They drip with…

If you have been reading my blog regularly, you know I am memorizing James and I am praying on my knees for at least 15 minutes a week. Are you joining me? Let me know by leaving a comment and telling me about where you are in James or what God has been doing in…