Tag: anger

A weekend of tennis lessons

March 19, 2008 | 3 comments

What a weekend! My family and I attended three days of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament happening in Indian Wells, CA. We wanted to expose our budding tennis player son to high quality talent, plus my wife and I

Shooting in Illinois

February 15, 2008 | 7 comments

Oh, dismay, dismay…another horrible mass shooting yesterday, this time at Northern Illinois University, leaving 6 dead, and many more wounded. When will the mindless killing stop? When conversing about the tragedy with my wife this morning, she observed, “What an

Don’t let anger take root

October 30, 2007 | 6 comments

Have you ever gotten angry without any particular reason to be angry? For example, has your boss ever asked you to do something and you got upset with his request? Or maybe your spouse took a certain action that got

Virginia Tech shooting

April 17, 2007 | 12 comments

A horrendous tragedy occurred at Virginia Tech yesterday, where an armed man killed 32 people in classrooms and wounded 15 others. My heart sunk with grief when I read the news. “Something has to change in the mentality of this

Romantic influence

November 6, 2006 | No comments yet

A wife confided that she had become very short with her husband over time and didn’t understand why. Upset by the tension she was feeling, she prayed for relief. While listening spiritually, it occurred to her that she had been