Episode 80: The Tongue (James 3: 5 - 12)

Our words can be words of inspiration and encouragement, motivating people to live better lives and to be better people. But our words can also destroy - to be vehicles of hatred and oppression. In the wake of very hateful texts and tweets by our President, Craig and I focus on James 3: 5-12 and also listen to the morning prayer of Rev. Patrick Conroy, the Chaplain of the US Congress, who prayed to "cast out all spirits of darkest from this chamber". We focus on the origins of hate speech in America, how to handle hate speech and how to handle ourselves if we fall into the temptation of hate speech. We hope you enjoy this podcast and we encourage you to give feedback. What do you think? Did we miss anything in our assessment of hate speech. Anything you'd like to add? Let us know.