Constructive criticism. Advice. Reproof. Correction. Instruction. We have a lot of words, both Biblical and secular, to describe this process of correcting an erring sister. Yet despite all the language surrounding the issue, I wonder how much of it is actually going on? Of course, if reproof is being done correctly, I would never know if someone else has been corrected because it would be private (Matthew 18:15). Yet no one outside of my husband has ever taken me aside to reprove me, and I'm positive I've needed it through the years. I'm inclined to believe that this kind of loving, patient correction has become rare in the church.