Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader,

and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.

This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply

spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working,

or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy,

I am praying for you and I'm so glad you're here from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy, I am praying for you,

and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go.

Welcome back to our Bible Babes series where we open the word together, let it read us, and then get bold about actually living it out. In our last installment of Bible Babes,

we wrestled with James's fire-filled words that faith without works are dead. And this week,

James is about to get all up in our business again because now he's talking about our words.

Praise God, I'm not doing this conversation alone.

I've got my friend Katie,

and we're going to talk about speech, integrity,

and what it means to use our words as witnesses instead of weapons.

So whether you're folding laundry,

driving carpool, or sitting down with your Bible open,

let's get into it.

It's time for James Chapter 3.

Katie Smith, welcome to the podcast.

Hello, and my last name is not Smith anymore.

Come on now.

Oh, my gosh.

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