by Sally Matheny
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| Bullies Are No Longer Sweethearts |
What happened to the sweetheart bullies? No, they’re not a famous gang of outlaws from the wild, Wild West. Nor are they a rock band from the sixties.
While doing research about bullies, I ran across the origin and history of the word, bully.
Apparently, bullyoriginated in the early 1500’s and was another term for sweetheart. Wow. Either pickings were slim back in the 1500’s or the meaning of the word depreciated.
Indeed, the word bullyhas traveled the rendition roller coaster from positive to negative on several occasions.
In the year 2015, Dictionary.com defines a bully as a "blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people."
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if people worked together to bring about a change of heart in those bullies?
Ministry-to-Children.com offers three great posts dealing with this topic from a Christian worldview:
and Ten Ways Your [Children’s] Ministry Can Help
A list of children’s books addressing bullying is located at http://childrensbooksguide.com/bullyingand at
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| Ethan Blecher Braves a Bully by Chris Pedersen |
One book that should be added to these lists is the recently published book, Ethan Blecher Braves a Bully, by Chris Pedersen. It is a charming book, written
with a Christian worldview, about a young boy and his dilemmas with a bully at school. Opportunities arise throughout the story for Ethan’s growth in wisdom, courage, and faith. You can find Ethan Blecher Braves a Bully at www.purplecarrotbooks.comand on Amazon.
The author, Chris Pedersen, has kindly donated a book to give away to one of my blog readers. Enter the giveaway (begins 1/13/15) and Rafflecopter will randomly choose a winner next week.
Bullymay never mean "sweetheart" again. But you can be a sweetheart by helping to put a stop to bullying.
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