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We all have our favorite words. We seem to carry with us a lexicon of words. As a writer, I feel challenged to get out of my word choice comfort zone. I’m always on the look out for new ways to use words. I am careful not to overuse a word. One word I feel gets overused is love.
I am not a royal wedding fangirl, but I did get up in time to see the full service start to finish on Saturday. As an American Episcopalian, I was proud that our Presiding Bishop was the preacher. As I listened to Bishop Curry, I wondered how many times he used the word love in his message. Curiosity led me to make a word web of the text to see how strong the word love would appear.
If you didn’t hear this message, you should take the time to listen to it. The text can be found here, but hearing it is much more powerful. We do need to hear the word love. We need to know love as the most important thing. We need to realize the redemptive power of love. We shouldn’t have to have a royal wedding to remind us of this, but I’m glad we did.
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