Where might we compassionately reconsider the messages we are embodying and passing on? On the seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Christopher Mack wonders how we might learn to use our words to build a more compassionate world for ourselves and others. [James 3]

Reflection

• Are there words of wisdom you can immerse yourself in over the coming weeks?
• Who is someone whose wise presence you might seek out and from whose practice you might learn?
• How might you choose life-giving words for family, friends, and social media this season?