Sacred Spaces, Sacred Stories

Words have power. With our words, we insult, encourage, curse, or bless. With them, we build trust or tear it down. Our words have the power to strengthen relationships or to destroy them. In our political life, words have the potential to divide us further or to bring us together. And while we were taught as children that ‘sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never harm us,’ we each have been hurt by the words of others. The Bible notes, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” This four-week sermon series addresses the power of our words, how we might avoid using our words to harm, and the four keys to using our words in ways that give life.