James Ackerman of Prison Fellowship urges Christians to use words that uphold people’s potential, rather than those that hold them back with harmful stereotypes. Words should affirm their whole identity, he adds, including their capacity to change and grow.
We all have that person in our lives; the one we can never please or do enough for, the one who always finds fault and invariably withholds a word of blessing.
Is letter writing a lost art? Maybe, but there are still wide-open spaces waiting for lots of words: journal entries, long blog entries and Stephen King novels. And despite all the space available on thumb drives, hard drives and multitudes of websites, there are
A lot of words are being exchanged in the wake of the January 8 shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead, several injured and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) fighting for her life. One of Giffords' fellow congressmen explained in an interview
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- One Southern Baptist leader said Glenn Beck's advice to leave churches that preach "social justice" was stated poorly but basically on target, while another said the statement was so broad that it would include asking people to leave Southern Baptist churches.