Anger Can Be Good And Healthy — But Only To A Point
Anger, like all emotions, isn’t inherently bad. It just is. Even God gets angry. But left unexamined, it can become corrosive — festering in silence or exploding into harm. The healthiest anger starts with honesty: What’s really beneath the rage? Sadness? Fear? Disappointment? When anger is softened by truth and shaped by the Spirit, it becomes fuel for compassion, not destruction — a surprising virtue in a world full of vice.
Gut-Wrenching Love: The ‘Good Samaritan’
The Good Samaritan isn’t just a feel-good story — it’s a radical challenge. Jesus describes a love so gut-wrenching it demands action, a love that sees, stops and sacrifices. It’s not about efficiency or obligation. It’s about breaking past barriers and loving beyond convenience. In a world obsessed with self-interest, what does this kind of love look like? And are we willing to live it?
Because Iron Sharpens Iron
The maple tree in our backyard was blazing red last week, its brilliant leaves hanging like delicate, tired flames.
Now, as they fall, the garden floor bears a circle of red. It is gorgeous, though uncomfortable to witness, the bright dying of beauty to make even more.
Love is like that—hanging on and letting go, dedicating oneself to believing there is good coming, even if something has to die first for beauty to be born again.