For much of my life, I viewed anger as an emotion that held a negative stigma. Growing up, I was taught that raising my voice meant losing my audience, and displaying anger signaled a loss of control.

Christian counselor Brad Hambrick talks about how we deal with our own fury in heated times. All anger says two things: “This is wrong, and it matters.” In the interpersonal space, sinful anger says a ...

Today’s Gospel reading features a Jesus we don’t always see: fiery, fed-up Jesus. This denunciation of the Pharisees and scholars of the law for their hypocrisy is often coupled with the passage from ...

Once again, I find myself in the infuriating position of responding to the news of yet another horrific mass shooting in the United States. Last Friday night (April 28) officials say a man in ...

If we start with a Biblical and New Testament perspective, it’s hard to support the concept of righteous anger. To wit: “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to ...

Over the years, I’ve written about a dozen Clergy View articles for the Dispatch, and the hardest part is often choosing a topic. One guiding quote I’ve heard from many colleagues sums up one of the ...

Why more believers need the courage to get angry at sin. As a young woman, Sarah Sumner never allowed herself to be angry, until her parents divorced when she was 22. The experience was one ...

Harvey Mansfield, a longtime Harvard professor and one of the most astute commentators on public matters, once remarked, “You can tell who has power in a society by who is allowed to get angry.” That ...