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Not all anger is the same:<\/p>\n

Anger can be a vague, generalized feeling<\/p>\n

It can be occasioned by a specific set of circumstances<\/li>\n
It can arise out of the disparity between what we want and what is<\/li>\n
(And what we want can be a healthy, good thing to want\u2026and it might not be)<\/li>\n
It can arise out of the disparity between what is and what should be<\/li>\n
(And we can be wrong or right about what should be)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We typically mishandle anger<\/p>\n
- By acting out of it unreflectively<\/li>\n
- Or by repressing it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  And for that reason we have a lot of alternative vocabulary for anger<\/p>\n
  - And we tend to talk about some people as having a temper which (while no doubt true)<\/li>\n
  - Obscures the fact that we all get angry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    The reason we mishandle anger lies with:<\/p>\n
    - Our general discomfort with emotion<\/li>\n
    - Negative associations with angry behavior<\/li>\n
    - And negative associations with conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      The cleansing of the Temple is an excellent passage to study in this connection<\/p>\n
      - Because it shows Jesus having an emotion that we do not associate with God<\/li>\n
      - And it points to a fundamental truth:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Anger is not only appropriate at times, it can be a good and necessary thing<\/p>\n
        Anger can signal\u2026<\/p>\n
        \n
        Clarity<\/li>\n
        Resolve<\/li>\n
        The need to act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        The question, of course, is what helps us to measure the appropriateness of our anger<\/p>\n
        \n
        The answer lies in noting the difference in our motives<\/li>\n
        In noting the difference between self-serving and other-serving anger<\/li>\n
        The difference between ego, pique and something larger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        That\u2019s where the cleansing of the Temple fits in\u2026<\/p>\n
        \n
        Jesus embodies the appropriate manifestation of anger<\/li>\n
        Rooted in the things of God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        There is a message in anger like that<\/p>\n
        \n
        Don\u2019t be afraid of it<\/li>\n
        Listen to it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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