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32-year-old Walid Chaabani had enough, so left home to get away from his wife, even though he knew that doing so would result in going to prison for breaking the terms of house arrest. According to police, "Living with his wife was particularly difficult and unbearable." He told authorities that he was…

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,…

The Wall Street Journal calls nagging the marriage killer. In fact, it is much more common than adultery and according to the journal potentially as toxic. Every couple, at some point faces “the interaction in which one person repeatedly makes a request, the other person repeatedly ignores it and both…

A devastating earthquake rocked the island of Japan in March 2011. Aftershocks have continued to plague the country and the world has come together to aid Japan in its time of distress. One of the surprising sources of this aid is South Korea. The Japanese and Korean people have long held a strong animosity…

In his book, Leadership and Conflict, Speed Leas writes, “With regard to fear, it is important to remember that as a person’s perception of powerlessness increases, the likelihood of who perceive themselves to be powerless to affect by other means what is happening are most likely to strike out against…

RECONCILIATION In the motion picture Bride Wars, Liv and Emma are best friends for life. Since they were young, each has dreamed of an ultimate wedding in New York’s Plaza Hotel, with each serving as the other’s Maid of Honor. Though their lives take different directions, the women stay close friends,…

Pentecost “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Acts 2:1 (KJV) The independent commission investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack reported that the rescue efforts were hampered by a "Rivalry between New York's police and fire departments."…

Holding My Tongue, Well...Sort of It was more than a decade ago, but I still remember the warm Spring afternoon as clearly as I remember what I ate for breakfast this morning. In a way, it was a watershed moment for me--a moment of personal triumph -it was the first day that losing an argument didn't…

Aginners Today, we call the young Sunday School children "learners," the middle group "discoverers" and the older children "searchers." The Church I grew up in called the young children "beginners," the middle group "primaries," and the older children "juniors." Change comes hard for me. Sometimes I…