District Superintendent, Rev. Laurie Haller, writes a weekly “blog”. From September 26th writing, she offers the following “words”, based in part from the book, The Art of Civilized Conversation; A Guide to Expressing Yourself with Style and Grace by Margaret Shepherd with Sharon Hogan.
Measure your words: aka think before you speak. James 3:5 (The Message) says, “A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it.” Careless words can hurt deeply and irreparably harm relationships. Choosing every word carefully and lovingly is a spiritual discipline like no other. If you make a mistake and say something stupid, apologize.
