Posts Tagged ‘anger’
Graduating to your purpose: The school of hard knocks
Prison B.R.E.A.K. is an acronym for Building Relationships Empowerment and Knowledge Life is all about choices and chances. When someone in society does something wrong in the eyes of the law, they have to face the consequences. Paying a debt to society by serving time in state or federal facilities is never anyone’s first choice,…
Read MoreGeorgia politician hijacked MLK celebration with ad, sparking response
In the city of Atlanta, the annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a sacred and cherished event at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Each year hundreds pack the sanctuary to hear comments, speeches and tribute to Dr. King by politicians and celebrities. Last week’s commemoration has now been marred by a…
Read More‘The Birth of a Nation’: Nat Turner’s vision, Black man’s pain
The Birth of a Nation was not going to be on my list of must-see movies, based on the information exposed about the film’s writer and director Nate Parker. I made an emotional judgment out of loyalty to the women in my life that I would not go and see it. It felt like the…
Read MoreMinister Robin Ware says don’t let anger sleep with you
Ephesians 4:26-27 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Have you ever gotten so angry that you totally lost yourself? Anger is one of the most difficult and challenging human emotions to manage. Anger is complex. The reasons we…
Read MoreFight club: Getting to the other side of conflict
It would be great if conflict resolution was a mandatory class offered in high school or college. I’m sure many of us would have sat in the front of the class working diligently to get an A. Instead, we wandered into the world with a limited knowledge of how to deal with the challenges that…
Read MoreWatch Mike Tyson go off on news anchor (explicit)
Mike Tyson’s advice to Chris Brown: ‘He gotta get it together’
Mike Tyson knows a thing or two about negative publicity. But the 47-year old has mellowed considerably in the years since, and Tyson offered some words of wisdom to controversial R&B star Chris Brown.
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