As teachers, our job capacity is much more than academics and discipline. The concern about student character and life skills is usually overwhelming. I invited two little ladies to my office a couple of weeks ago. The two kids attended the same church and had been friends for a while, three years ago. Yet, something had torn them apart. They then gossiped about each other with other kids. It is normal to have kids who do not get along well, but they had been friends. I knew I had to solve their differences from the root. After a brief complaining exercise of “she did this” and “she did that,” I was able to get to the root of the problem – “Gossip in church!” The church provides a place for honest sharing about the things that matter in our life, and the Lord is supposed to be in the midst. But, in reality, the fellowship at church seems the best place for gossiping. “Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another… – Hebrews 10:25.”  Paul urged us not to bad-mouth but to encourage one another. Many times, I have often been tempted to discuss someone in the name of caring in the presence of a third person. But I know that my tongue would only create quite a “blaze.”