16 - 22 September 2006
Worship Together16 - 22 September 2006
Proper 19
James 3.1-12We are what we speak (AAA)
The tongue is a small muscle, powerfully able to do far more than its size might suggest. James describes it as ‘a restless evil, full of deadly poison’
Word play (CYP)
The passage uses several different metaphors for the human tongue to describe the power of speech
Additional Resources
That’s tame! (AAA)
James sees danger in the tongue’s activities and goes so far as to say it is the one thing out of all creation that humankind has been unable to tame.
These resources were first published in 2006.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 19 Year B
James 3.1-12
Isaiah 50.4-9a
Psalm 116.1-9
Mark 8.27-38
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