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In THANKS! How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. writes, “In his longitudinal study of male adult development. Harvard University psychiatrist George Vaillant theorizes that a key to mature adaptation to life is the ability to replace bitterness and resentment toward…

A Central Florida conservation group, while incubating milk snake eggs, discovered one milk snake with two heads. It only has one body, but about 3 inches from the front end, the snake branches into two heads. Biologist Daniel parker said the snake has two brains, which command a single body. They will…

In Caring Enough to Confront, David Augsberger writes, “Maturity is manifested in learning to be angry (at behaviors) and loving (toward persons) at the same time.” - Caring Enough to Confront Kindle Loc. 690-91 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Proverbs 14:29 NASB “He who is slow to anger has great understanding,…

Levi Johnston, the former fiancé of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, recently admitted that he told lies about the Palin family after splitting with the Palin’s daughter last year. In an interview with People magazine, Johnston said he “publically said things that were not completely…

The poet T. S. Eliot in his famous poem "The Wasteland," calls April the "cruelest month," because the showers of April stir up the dull and dormant roots of trees and flowers to begin bursting forth with new life instead of allowing them to remain comfortably asleep in the frozen ground of winter. Yet…

Once upon a time there was a small green apple. It hung nicely on an apple tree and dangled in the summer sun, without much to do. In time a bird came by and began to tease the little green apple: "Your so small and so green, and I'll bet you're even sour." "So what?" said the little green apple. "Apples…

If you’re anxious about growing older, I’d like to encourage you to ask the Lord for a specific promise to reassure you during this period of golden tears. In his autobiography, the popular Bible teacher Warren W. Wiersbe describes feeling troubled one drizzly day when he was suffering the pangs of arthritis.…

The poet T. S. Eliot in his famous poem "The Wasteland," calls April the "cruelest month," because the showers of April stir up the dull and dormant roots of trees and flowers to begin bursting forth with new life instead of allowing them to remain comfortably asleep in the frozen ground of winter. Yet…

Three days ago Rick Warren proffered this question for me to mull over. "What is the mature church?" I knew immediately how I would respond. "The 'mature church' is the church filled with immaturity." Anywhere in the world, whether plant or animal, the clear delineation of "maturity" is the ability to…

At the beginning of a New Year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers' New Year's resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. "Why weren't my resolutions posted?" She was throwing…

When my sister shared the following story with me, I told her I just had to put in on my blog. She responded, "glad your bloggin my life now as well as your own." But despite her sarcasm, I just couldn't let this 2nd grade story go untold... From "Miss Pittman's" perspective (i.e. my sister...) "Christopher…

High School Yearbook Shows Alcohol, Pot Most likely to succeed? Try most likely to go to jail. The yearbook for the high school in Conifer, Colorado published photos of students smoking marijuana and drinking beer, drawing the ire of parents and administrators. Hannah Fredrickson, the senior who served…