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‘Words are the medication to treat fear: they are the start of solutions.’

Thought for the week: George Macpherson has some words on the Word

‘Words are the medication to treat fear: they are the start of solutions.’

by George Macpherson 22nd March 2019

What gives us the right to rule the planet? Surely it’s the knowledge gathered from our forebears over millennia through language: words. Perhaps that’s what St John is referring to in the first chapter of his Gospel: ‘In the beginning was the Word.’