A person’s words can be life-giving water. . . Proverbs 18:4*

It’s time.

Time for us to become the kind and thoughtful people we are capable of being. Maybe even past time for us to watch our tongues lest someone wash our mouths out with soap.

For many days I sit with my thoughts for potential columns before I write a word. I read, I pray, and I have silent arguments in my head about hard questions. When I ask myself “What if?” before I go to sleep, I often wake up knowing…