Where's Mommy?

My six-year-old son seems to demand my attention just when I am most busy around the house. My standard reply has been, "I'm busy right now. ...

Whose Problem?

A minister took a guilt trip in a sermon: "I let the congregation really have it. Their stewardship was dismal, their participation was weak; and ...

Buried Anger Will Explode

In a 1994 article, "Wars' Lethal Leftovers Threaten Europeans," Associated Press reporter Christopher Burns writes: "The bombs of World ...

Temper Tamer

I have found if I don't have my quiet time each morning, I tend to lose my temper over insignificant things. Recently, my son, Andrew, reminded me ...

Remember the Feeling

One Saturday morning I awoke to the delightful smell of waffles and the sound of our two small boys in the kitchen with my husband. Padding down to breakfast, ...

Backwards Creation

... you can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

Anger Can Be Contagious

In his autobiography, Number 1, Billy Martin told about hunting in Texas with Mickey Mantle. Mickey had a friend who would let them hunt on his ranch. ...

Burden-Bearers

We need people who, as a part of their responsibility in life, will carry the burdens and wounds of other people and be outraged by them.

Get Angry at Sin

He who is not angry at sin is not in love with virtue.

Anger Is Its Own Reward

Jim Taylor in Currents tells the following story about his friend, Ralph Milton:

One morning Ralph woke up at five o'clock to a noise that sounded ...