Tag «fighting»

Picking a Fight

When I was a boy growing up, my mom and dad taught me not to fight. For the most part, I lived in harmony with those instructions. However, I had a neighbor who was always doing “mean” things to me. Yet, because of what my parents taught me, I endured his behavior. Well, one day, …

Fight, Fight!

While I was in college, I was playing in an “all important” intramural basketball game.  Things were getting rather chippy when it finally happened.  Someone on the opposing team punched a player on my team.  My teammate fell to the floor, the benches cleared, spectators spilled onto the floor, and instantaneously everyone circled around the …

Well, It Happened Again

A couple years ago I had the opportunity to make a trip to Israel.  One of the places we visited was the “Church of the Nativity.”  This church building was erected over the alleged birthplace of Jesus.  As we walked through the facility, one of the men in our group quietly chuckled at something that …