30 conversations
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Dear LFTP: the angry husband
- Am I wrong for putting my kids and grandkids first? What can I do?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a woman married twelve years to a formerly alcoholic, now angry and hostile husband; she asks whether she's wrong to put her kids and grandkids first and consider divorce.
From No. 592 · Because I Got High
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Dear LFTP: anger and living with grandmother
- What can I do about my anger and constant fighting with my grandmother, short of moving out?
Dan reads the Dear LFTP letter: a twenty-something who has lived with their grandmother (who raised them from age three) for 22 years; they used to be best friends but now fight…
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Dear LFTP: the angry Michigan man's road rage
- How do I get a grip on my temper and stop lashing out at people?
Nathaniel reads a letter from a self-described nice guy in Michigan whose fuse is short — he honked, flipped off, and snapped at his wife and kids.
From No. 455 · Don’t Spit On Folk, Among Other Wisdom
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Dear LFTP: the 34-year-old living with his father
- How should a 34-year-old living with his verbally abusive father handle his building rage?
A host reads a Dear LFTP letter from a 34-year-old unemployed man living with his verbally abusive 76-year-old father, whose building rage makes him want to tell his dad off.
From No. 356 · Hide It Under A Bush
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Dear LFTP: circumcision, anger, and parents
- How can I overcome anger at my parents over infant circumcision and build a better relationship with them?
Dear LFTP: a college man writes that he resents his parents for his infant circumcision — compounded by an undisclosed childhood sexual assault — and asks how to rebuild the relationship.
From No. 273 · Fear, the False Idol
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Dear LFTP: the flower-girl snub
- Am I wrong to be upset with my sister-in-law for replacing my daughter as flower girl?
A Dear LFTP letter about a sister-in-law who replaced the writer's four-year-old daughter Emma as flower girl draws counsel to name the hurt, not let the daughter stew in the…
From No. 264 · Seven Reasons to Skip the Lottery
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What's happening: Tony Stewart and the biblical approach to anger
- What is the most biblical approach to interacting with someone when you are angry?
Dan frames the Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. racetrack tragedy as a question about anger: A) speak your mind freely, B) hold your tongue until calm, C) fake a smile then kick your dog.
From No. 201 · As We Are
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How does a Christ follower discipline their child?
- How should a Christ follower discipline their child?
Boova (addressed on air) brings a coworker's out-of-the-woodwork question: how does a Christ follower discipline a child, especially physical discipline.
From No. 174 · Trying Atheism for a Year
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Dear LFTP: is medication the way to go for anxiety?
- Is medication the way to go for anxiety?
Dan reads a Dear LFTP question from a believing man in a Facebook group: negative and angry, his wife begging him to go back on anxiety medication, asking 'is medication the way to go?'
From No. 157 · Miley and the Triumphal Entry
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Dear LFTP: the chronically borrowing neighbor; is punching someone for Jesus ever OK?
- Dear LFTP: what should the letter-writer do about the chronically borrowing neighbor?
- Is it ever acceptable to punch someone in the face for Jesus?
The third Dear LFTP letter complains about a frugal non-working neighbor who constantly borrows — most recently socks for her daughter's dance recital — and asks whether to confront her or just refuse future requests.
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Advice: stop throwing things; you're a handy guy, not a factory builder
The hosts tear into the letter writer: he sounds like a terrifying Neanderthal, an elitist who can't take direction from his wife, and should ask whether he explodes at everyone or just her.
From No. 293 · Three Things About Porn
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Advice: patience, scripture memory, and the secular answer
The crew answers the letter. Boova (addressed by name) says he would ask whether the annoyance is general meanness under stress; don't just compliment the quirk, just don't say…
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A sunset, a fight with his brother, and a cheesy Jesus moment
One host shares a 'cheesy Jesus moment': after a stupid scuffle with his brother left him driving home furious, he saw a sunset and was overwhelmed by his own smallness next to a sun 93 million miles away.
From No. 403 · Little Things and Greeting Cards to Jesus
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Pope salve: Boova's testimony of overwhelming joy, then wasted anger
Boova (addressed by name in the audio) asks Ben's permission to deliver a 'pope salve' and gives a testimony: after a 12-hour shift he wept twice listening to the worship song…
From No. 373 · Don’t Wet Your Pants
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Flat Stanley bit and the 'can't tolerate fools' letter
- How do I let annoyances roll off my back and bite my tongue when tired or stressed, without just 'killing them with kindness'?
The podcast continues with a Flat Stanley bit — a host proposes 'Flat Dan' photos of hat winner Dan Custis — and a story about the crew spending a whole day photographing a…
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Number five: 'Stop being so bitter'
- Is it wrong to tell someone hurt by the church to stop being bitter?
A host reads the article's fifth response, 'stop being so bitter.' The hosts agree anger is a legitimate, even healthy, response to injustice, but argue the church tends to jump to the forgiveness step without processing what actually happened.
From No. 237 · What Not to Say to the Church-Hurt
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The anger question; Troy throws Trey through a wall
- What is the thing that has made you the angriest in your life?
The hosts re-ask the night's question: the single thing that has made each person the angriest, PG-13 with names changed.
From No. 80 · December 12 2011
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Jonah's legitimate struggle and holy anger at God
The hosts sit with Jonah's hatred of Nineveh's cruelty, comparing it to modern wartime atrocities, and admit grace is easy to preach from Western comfort.
From No. 572 · Rippin’ Heaters
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Lament, anger, and honest emotion
The conversation turns to lament and honest emotion: the Psalms (Psalm 22 language about bones and joints) as permission to bring unfiltered feelings to God, a Psalm 137:9 line…
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Everyone you are mad at bears God's image
A host argues the division feels worse than ever, with people retreating into echo-chamber bubbles and forgetting that even their political enemies are made in the image and likeness of God with inherent dignity and worth.
From No. 412 · Interview with Eddie Andrews
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Wet pants and the deeper well: wanting the good, not just managing behavior
Ben responds to Boova's testimony with an image of a man wetting his pants to show the world how angry he is — the only person hurt is the one sitting in wet pants — then teaches…
From No. 373 · Don’t Wet Your Pants
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Pope-style: forgiveness instead of revenge
In the 'pope style' bit, a host addressed on-air as Buva is told he has been rumored to be the pope and must give balcony advice.
From No. 218 · Take Up Your Cross Daily
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The Red Robin altercation story
A host (addressed on-air as 'Buba', and teased earlier under the name form 'Ingledader') tells the story of an altercation at Red Robin: a hostess jokingly offered to saw pieces off the table so he could fit into a booth.
From No. 178 · What Are Our Snakes?
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'The Cow in the Parking Lot' and cow anecdotes
A host describes a book called 'The Cow in the Parking Lot': its concept is a cow blocking the best parking spot, which will never move no matter how angry you get, so you might as well laugh and find another spot.
From No. 145 · Prayer vs. the Lucky Horseshoe