Teens

That snooty girl at youth group. The arrogant professor who openly disdains Christians. Your passive-aggressive coworker. The world has no shortage of people that can make daily living painful. And it doesn’t end when you graduate high school or college. Selfishness abounds, and so difficult people are plentiful. I was ...

The term “man-made” has taken a turn for the worst. Men are not only making useful items such as cars and toasters anymore, but they are taking drug-making to a deadly level. Synthetic drugs are becoming the new norm, but it’s actually doing more harm than good—especially one known as ...

In a previous post, passive aggressive behavior was explored and some examples given of what it can look like. Passive-aggression is a dysfunctional means of communicating anger or resentment through procrastination, sullenness, pouting, obstructing, feigned forgetfulness, and other methods that avoid direct confrontation. Passive aggressive people may be seething with ...

Remember how Lucy pulled the football away from Charlie Brown each time he went to kick off, thus sabotaging the game? In Lucy’s mind, losing the championship was worth making her teammate look bad. This is a picture of passive-aggressive behavior, which is closely related to mind games, discussed in ...

A friend who comes from a family with a long legacy of generational witchcraft once said, “If someone plays mind games with you, it’s completely evil.” His cautionary advice stayed with me as I saw it played out in work situations, extended family relationships, and even the church. Over the ...