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Sabbath, April 6, 2024
This week I had the pleasure and privilege of doing a series of daily chapel talks, called a “week of prayer,” with the students of an Adventist school north of where I pastor. The kids were deeply respectful, and seemed immensely interested in the stories I had to tell. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
On the last day I was with them, I was waiting in the classroom for them to arrive, and noticed atop the whiteboard the poster you see above. As I studied this superbly sensible advice, my heart sank as I thought of all the grownups, who should know better, splattering thoughtless, “think”-less comments on social media, sometimes allowing hate to mutate into actual threats, and occasionally even fracturing families and friendships.
I made a mental note to memorize and follow these five criteria for communication.
For five Bible verses about thinking, click the link just below: