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Reflections Podcasts
Rosemary Laxton • Meanwood Valley Baptist Church • Illustration • • 39 views • 9:45
"THE SECRETS OF YOUR HEART!
Rev. Dr. Johnson Mwara • Diaspora Community of Faith Church • Illustration • • 195 views • 1:02:28
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
When he didn’t get the sauce with his Chicken McNuggets, Robert Golwitzer allegedly called McDonalds to threaten to blow the place up. The satisfaction he might have felt was short-lived however, because the Ankeny, Iowa police arrested him for the bomb threat. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bomb-threat-mcdonalds_n_60da2b7be4b09ead19f713ce…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
When Parcoul-Chenaud, a man living in France, sat down to enjoy his dinner, a house fly disturbed him. His angry response was to kill the fly. He grabbed an electric fly swatter and began swinging at the fly. The swatter then ignited a leaking gas canister in the home, leading to an explosion that damaged…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
Over the last 42 years, Bernie Carroll has earned the title of “Britain’s Angriest Man.” What did he do to earn it? He has been sending opinionated letters to his local newspaper every day. He originally focused his letters on the Liverpool city council. Over the years he expanded his rantings to topics…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
In the first 8 months of 2017, 83 children have detonated suicide bombs around the world. Most of these children were girls, and terrorists forced most of them to carry out the bombings. Unthinkable! How can parents hate others so much that they are willing to sacrifice their children’s lives to kill…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Some companies have created anger rooms where employees can de-stress by attacking computers. From that idea, Barbara Liess, a Maryland elementary school principal created a “smash space” where teachers could relieve tension by destroying old pieces of furniture with baseball bats. A number of parents…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
Police in western Colorado say a man battered someone’s pickup with a baseball bat and then left a note acknowledging that he had anger issues. The note left behind read, “Sorryy anger isusesh.”(sic). Authorities said the owner of the truck found the damage and the note when he returned after snowmobiling.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
In an odd twist of circumstances, Mike Peyton, a Wyoming man had a ring returned to him 45 years after he threw it as far as he could in a fit of teenage rage. He told a local newspaper that his girlfriend at the time was wearing the ring when they broke up in the early 1970s. When she handed it to him,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 54 views
Nick Stafford of Cedar Bluff, Virginia made headlines for making a $2,987.14 payment to the local DMV. Upset over the way they had handled a long disputed court battle concerning the sales tax he owed on two recently purchased vehicles, Mr. Stafford finally paid the bill in full … in pennies. Stafford…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 66 views
Not all mistakes are created equal. Take Carmen Chamblees’ mistake for instance. She was angry with her ex-boyfriend and decided to set his car on fire. I think we would all agree that was a mistake. She didn’t just think about it, or threaten to do it, she carried out her plan. Again, I think we would…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
Stephen Curry’s golden boy image may have taken a hit after his outburst in game 6 of the 2016 NBA finals. Curry received his sixth foul with four minutes remaining in the game. Obviously upset with the call, Curry proceeded to curse the official and throw his mouthpiece into the stands hitting a fan.…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 50 views
In the 1960’s, Simon and Garfunkel was one of the top recording artists. Then right at the top of their popularity they split up, going their separate musical ways. Now 45 years later we discover that Art Garfunkel has never forgiven Paul Simon for the breakup. Attributing the breakup to Simon’s unwillingness…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 16 views
On an Air India flight the captain and his co-pilot had a difference of opinion. It grew into an argument that escalated to trading blows in the cockpit. The pilots agreed to stop fighting and complete the flight from Jaipur to Delhi to avoid inconveniencing passengers. It is wise for us to realize that…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
An Internet entrepreneur discovered that revenge can be popular. Mat Carpenter started a website where patrons can order an envelope with a folded up piece of paper filled with glitter and send it to people you don’t like. He said the concept is simple. Decide whose day you want to ruin and then enter…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
The suspect in the armed robbery of a Subway sandwich shop told police that he had robbed the store because his “Subway Diet” failed him. After 18-year-old Zachary Torrance was arrested, he confessed to the crime and said he was motivated by anger and wanted to get some of his money back. He said after…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 5 views
In his book, Leadership and Conflict, Speed B. Leas writes, “Invite the other (even a person who is attacking you) to join you in a common search to identify what the problems are, stay with the other in order to work through the differences, look for alternatives that you both can agree have merit and…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
The marriage of a German couple came to an end when the wife left him for another lover. The man, identified only as Martin, posted a video online of the way they, or at least he, handled the disbursement of their possessions. He split them evenly, literally in half. “The video shows him sawing all their…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
Angry outburst can do great damage. In a report published in the Wall Street Journal, the researchers said the evidence suggests people increase their risk for a heart attack more than eight times shortly after an intensely angry episode. They said, anger can also help bring on strokes and irregular…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
In a Norfolk, Virginia courtroom, a teenager pleaded to the charge he murdered both his parents. The young honor student with no criminal history explained the reason he committed the crime. He explained that he’d gotten angry over routine punishments. “I just remember getting mad,” 16-year-old Vincent…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
District Attorney in Pasco County in Florida charged Curtis Reeves, 71, a retired Tampa police officer with a second-degree murder after he shot and killed Chad Oulson in a movie theater. According to the report, Reeves was angry because the victim was using his phone to send a text. Reeve’s personnel…
Scott Cody • Illustration • • 21 views
"Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed any one, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices." -Clarence Darrow
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 60 views
In the novel Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, the main character is treated horribly as a young boy by the Earnshaw family. As he grows older, he plots revenge on those who treated him cruelly and their children--to the point where his vengeance consumes his every thought and action. Isabella, one of the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
In Florida, a Walmart worker became angry after a co-worker was awarded “employee of the month.” The jealous worker shot a hole in his co-worker’s SUV to retaliate. The sheriff commented, “now we know why the perpetrator wasn’t chosen as employee of the month.”--Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 14 views
Tri Robinson tells of his own recognition of this in his own marriage. When I got home from [a] mountaintop weekend [that had changed my life, drawing me closer to Christ], I was excited to share with Nancy what had happened. This was the very thing that for many years she had desperately wanted and…