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Audrey Hepburn said, “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.” We should work to continually hold one another in honor. -- Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11580796/Audrey-Hepburn-19-of-her-most-inspirational-quotes.html?frame=3290425…

A new study shows “that humans are hardwired to pay special attention to scandals and other negative information about other people.” Frank McAndrew, a psychology professor at Knox College says gossip helped early humans avoid untrustworthy or threatening members of their own tribe. “Our intense interest…

One of the less noble results of internet technology is the prevalence of gossip on the net. Anonymous gossip sites have hit college campuses especially hard. Comment sites, many run by students, allow other students to make accusations than many times turn out to be salacious gossip. Students who are…

SeMildred Fister's beauty parlor in Jefferson, Iowa, has an unusual rule. Mildred refuses to allow gossip. A columnist for the Des Moines Register reacted this way: This is a beauty parlor, for goodness' sake, one of those places women come to say things—loving, kind, unkind, and, sure, maybe downright…

Similar to a virus, anxiety needs a host cell in order to replicate itself. All forms of murmuring require the reinforcement of a host cell (cells) to continue and to grow. Four viruses are potentially virulent and can turn a congregation into a virtual “hot zone” – an anxiety pit. The viruses are secrets…

An inebriated man came stumbling out of a bar and almost knocked down his minister, who happened to be walking past. “Oh, Pastor, I’m so sorry for you to see me like this,” he said. “Well, I don’t know why you should be sorry for me to see you this way, Sam. After all, the Lord sees you now, doesn’t…

Purity In Speech What is the first vacation you remember taking with your family? For me, it was a trip to Yellowstone National Park in Montana. The sights were breathtaking and the water was crystal clear. Dad taught us how to kneel beside the clear stream, cup our hand to drink the clear water. We…

SLANDER DefCon, a left-wing special interest group, recently took out an ad in the New York Times with the headline: "These Religious Leaders Have a Serious Gambling Problem," Among others, the ad pictures Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family. Appearing on the O'Reilly Facor, Dobson said, "This is…

GOSSIP Barbara Walters said, “Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.” —Reader’s Digest, August 2003, p. 61 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson An interesting perspective. I’d finish the sentence differently, I’d say, “and I’ll show you someone who really…

CONFLICT Fights and quarrels are deeply rooted in our human nature. Every now and then, I stick my head into the preschool room and watch our little one's play during Sunday School. One minute, two children will be sitting next to one another, content with their toys. The next, one of them will be trying…

GOSSIP & RUMORS “A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.” —Ouida, Wisdom, Wit and Pathos [Merriam-Webster, Inc: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations. Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 1992, S. 172] “I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others…

Many years ago in a small European Jewish village a man had become dissatisfied with the local rabbi. He engaged in gossip about the rabbi all over town. As time went by, the rabbi became very sick and was on his deathbed. The man was convicted about his gossiping and didn’t want the rabbi to die with…

Charles Williams once observed, not one mind in a thousand can be trusted to state accurately what ones opponent says, much less what he thinks. Shelley, B. L. (1995). Church history in plain language (Updated 2nd ed.) (209). Dallas, Tex.: Word Pub.

Georgia Cops Search for MySpace Blogger Who Posted High-School Gossip Monday, October 02, 2006 ATHENS, Ga. — Authorities are searching for whoever posted a long list and description of supposed sexual encounters between dozens of high school students on the online networking site MySpace.com. Oconee…