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Yesterday I said something that revealed a bitter heart. I made a spiteful, catty, mean spirited and slanderous statement about someone. Vicki rightly rebuked my remark because it was a

Over the years I have treated numerous Christians in my psychiatric practice many of whom are duty-bound. These duty-bound, white-knuckle Christians focus on earning their way into heaven. They attend

            Are geniuses born or made? Certainly successful people have innate gifts, but peak performance probably more to do with hard work than with genetic

Perfection Grading Scale Grade yourself on each of the questions below thusly: If you answer never to a question give yourself a grade of O  If you answer some of

Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind.  You are now

Tyrants all our politicians be They care no whit for me and thee Re-election remains their lone concern They try all tricks our vote to earn With fingers up they

I was in a tender mood to write a word of encouragement so I decided to write a sonnet.  Bad mistake.   Sonnet writing poses great difficulties. If the “poet” is

The tragedy wrought by Hurricane Florence reminded me of the hit movie Cast Away. May the Cast Away message bring encouragement to those who have suffered a series of unfortunate events. 

With Hurricane Florence bearing down on Wilmington, NC, home to our son and his family, they fled to our home in Blacksburg, VA.  Safe and dry, we discussed the goods

The race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;

When I began public speaking I asked a pro whether it was necessary to use humor. “Only if you want to get paid,” he said.  So I began studying humor.

A joyful heart is good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.  Proverbs 17:22  Since the publication of An Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins in 1979,