Today's message is based out of James 1:19-27 with an emphasis on verses 19-21. I’ll be keying in on the idea of listening as an act of love.  So often we are taught and trained as evangelicals to be ready to speak the truth and share our words, but this overemphasis misses the beautiful work of listening and understanding as an expression of care and love and dignity that we can give to others even if we disagree about what is being shared.  For James, listening, not speaking, leads to doing the word and a religion that is pure and undefiled.