Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

I don’t know about you, but I am increasingly appalled by some of the public rhetoric we hear these days.  I find it disconcerting the way name calling has become a mainstream component of public discourse.  In fact, every day brings a new barrage of verbal bullets that dominate the headlines and take this vocal warfare to a new, unprecedented level.  And, quite frankly, I don’t see it getting better over the next year.  Such a war of words does nothing but categorize and diminish others, and at the same time create increased brokenness in our culture and society.  This brokenness spreads like a virulent virus into other facets of life, into our communities, organizations, our schools, our local governments and even our families.  Such name calling and verbal assault only breed violence, hatred, fear and contempt.   One word that has been used all too frequently is the word “loser.”  In a culture which places high value on winning and succeeding, a culture in which being on top and gaining first place are wha