". . . Most people don't see one crucial thing about the way they talk about others. If they think about what they're saying (and not enough people do), they think about their speech as discrete acts. They said one thing an hour ago, another thing now, and will say something else later.
"That's true especially when someone criticizes them for saying something uncharitable or unkind. They defend the single statement for which they're being criticized.
"But the important thing in the way we speak about others isn't the single statement, it's the pattern. . . ."
In a recent commentary, writer David Mills reflected on some of the ways in which one can criticize another in a Christian manner, including praying for the person before criticizing and trying to say at least one supportive thing for every two or three critical things.
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