Spiritual Disciplines and News Stories, Part One The common expression “can't live with it and can't live without it” often describes the...

Part 1 - Don't Kindle that Fire! Francine Hughes burned her husband to death on their bed after enduring years of horrific domestic abuse. Her arrest and trial in 1977 led to the writing of The Burning Bed in 1980, later adapted into a movie in 1984. Based upon the popularity of the movie and the issues of abuse that it raised, a new term entered the English vocabulary: "Burning Bed Syndrome.” 1 What an image for a bed! The place we associate with rest becomes a place of