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Israeli Man Seeks Restraining Order Against God

In May 2016 an Israeli man petitioned for a restraining order against God. Apparently the plaintiff, identified as Mr. David Shoshan, represented himself ...


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Musician Father John Misty on His Christian Upbringing

In an interview with Rolling Stone, singer-songwriter-guitarist J. Tillman (now known as "Father John Misty") was asked: "You were raised in an evangelical ...


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Ordinary Missionary Honored in India for Her Forgiveness

Vishal Mangalwadi, a Christian leader from India, writes movingly of the impact that Gladys Stains had on his nation. Gladys and her husband, Graham, ...


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Resentment that Meditation Can't Heal

Mike Love, 74, is one of the original members of the Beach Boys, known for his contribution to such hits as "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "I Get ...


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Rage Is All the Rage

Along with revenge narratives, how often do you get angry? Specifically, how often does the news tick you off? Esquire and NBC revealed the statistics ...


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Actor Rob Lowe's Advice on Resentment

In a recent (2015) interview with GQ, actor Rob Lowe admits he got sober through public humiliation. The pretty boy of the 1980s TV show Brat Pack, Lowe ...


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How Two U.S. Presidents Dealt with Anger

In his book Being Nixon: A Man Divided, author Evan Thomas recalls the occasion when then President Richard Nixon received word that former president ...


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Finding Forgiveness 43 Years Later

In 1975, suspected criminal Wendell Beard slipped out of his police handcuffs, jumped out of a police station window, and landed on the sidewalk 14 feet ...


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A Revenge Obsession from Moby Dick

Herman Melville's Moby Dick tells a story of revenge and obsession. Captain Ahab, a whaler, loses a leg to a white whale. A smoldering anger begins to ...


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Man Forgives His Son's Murderer

Dr. Robert Smith, a pastor and seminary professor, writes movingly of his struggle to forgive:

I remember so very well October 30th, I will never forget ...

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