Words Of Our Mouths

Food for Thought this Monday:
Islam is a religion to which more than 1.5 Billion people have been drawn. To link Islam to a few ‘violent jihadists’ who practice a corrupt, bastardized version of the teachings of Muhammed merely confers religious bona fides on the undeserving. ISIL and Al Qaeda are not “civilizations” or “religious” in any sense of the words.
 What we say matters. We need to be careful not to let our discussion about violent extremism morph from nationalism to religion. What we are experiencing is an underlying struggle for power and control and not theology in the Middle East.
In the Book of Common Prayer we ask that “the words of our mouths” … “be ever pleasing” to God. As we meditate on our upcoming week may we all be mindful of this simple prayer and respect all people of faith who call for Peace on Earth.

About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.

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