Anger Under Control
Anger can be a delicate topic in the best of circumstances. Warming up the congregation or group with a comical illustration may help facilitate a
Anger can be a delicate topic in the best of circumstances. Warming up the congregation or group with a comical illustration may help facilitate a
We don’t think much about things when we have them. If we lose those things, however, we realize how important they are when we need
Have you ever seen a bad impersonation of someone? Maybe someone tried to sound like a celebrity or even tried to imitate you—and it was
The old adage says “There’s a time and a place for everything.” This includes anger. When we witness an injustice and the resulting anger we
Consider telling a personal story or (with permission) a story of a young child who falls apart emotionally when they are tired or hungry. The
In this scene from Despicable Me (directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud [Universal Studios, 2010]), Gru takes (imperfect) vengeance when his daughter, Agnes, is
In The Princess Bride (directed by Rob Reiner [Twentieth Century Fox, 1987]), Iñigo Montoya has dedicated his entire life to getting revenge on the six-fingered
In her book Traveling Mercies, Anne Lamott tells the story of struggling to forgive her enemy, the mother of one of her son’s classmates. Through
In the Disney movie Hook (directed by Stephen Spielberg [Sony Picture Studios, 1991]), Captain James Hook is an example of a common bully. He harasses
Greg Pembroke’s Tumblr Reasons My Son Is Crying became a viral sensation, and then a hilarious book. BuzzFeed featured a few excerpts from the book
“Whether you dated an attractive person who treated you horribly, or you wasted a lot of money on a really bad investment,
Imagine a pot of water, full to the brim, boiling on the stove. The water in the pot goes through several stages of heat before
How many of you still have a tea kettle in your place of residence? What is interesting about a tea kettle is the way it