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Cutting like a knife Bible: Proverbs 12:17-22 Reading The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wisebrings healing (V.18). Our tongues can be like a Swiss Army knife when it comes to the variety of ways that we cut, hurt and bring each other down. The writer of Proverbs says,ContinueContinue reading “Cutting like a knife”

Silence please Bible: Psalm 46 Reading Be still, and know that I am God (V.10). Our world is noisy. There’s a lot going on. But one news site says scientists have found a way to make total silence: “Scientists have shown off the blueprint for a ‘sound cloak’, which could make wearers [cut off from]ContinueContinue reading “Silence please”

Welcoming Strangers Bible: 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:3 Reading You are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves wereforeigners in Egypt (V.19). Winters in one of the poorest countries in Europe (which I visited recently) can be hard, with deep snow and freezing temperatures making life even more difficult. But Christians there try to makeContinueContinue reading “Welcoming Strangers”

Permanent Bible: 2 Corinthians 2:17-3:3 Reading You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts (V.2). At school I once wrote an essay about how much money was being spent on a sport’s ground in our local area—and how that money could have been spent better to help the community. My teacher liked it andContinueContinue reading “Permanent”