Tag Archives: Gossip

Many years ago, a pastor kissed a woman who was not his wife. Immediately, he was convicted of his sin and apologized to her and her husband. Someone took this story and ran with it. Before the day was out, the entire small town of about 300 knew about it. ...

We’ve all heard the familiar phrase, “pot meet kettle” when referring to a situation that implies someone who is usually sitting in judgement about a person or situation. I believe it was William Penn who first used the term in his Some fruits of solitude, 1693, “the pot calling the ...

Little wooden heads of both men and women peered down from the eaves of the Great Hall in King Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace.  They were painted in lovely details: red lips, hair of blond or brown, little crowns of leaves adorned some of their heads. They all went by ...

Leaking classified information pertinent to the safety of our country is treasonous, treacherous and vile. What is the best countermand to deal with a “leak”? Douse it with “burning coals”? “If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In ...

The results are in: 88 percent of social-media users ages 13 to 17 feel that people share too much personal information online. And 68 percent of those in the same age bracket (52 percent of teens overall) have experienced drama among their friends on social media.[1] But what constitutes “oversharing.” ...