Can the constant confrontation with our failures and deficiencies produce a culture that is generous and forgiving? Can it be concerned with those who feel not just left behind, as many in America do, but left out, as so many Ukrainians were for so long? The answer to that, if there is an answer to […]
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[From Dww-work]… HAVE MERCY “Kyrie eleison! Christe eleison!” the Church has pleaded through the centuries; but if I mistake not I hear in the voice of her pleading a note of sadness and despair. Her plaintive cry, so often repeated in that tone of resigned dejection, compels one to infer that she is praying for […]
That means – caring, giving, forgiving – without expecting anything in return. Woman’s Letter “Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll take me back. No one could ever take your place in my heart, so please forgive me. I love you, I love […]
“People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 (NLBT) Upon you I call, O God, my mercy, who made me and did not forget me when I forgot you. Augustine, Confessions CT, May 2003, “Reflections – Quotations to Stir […]
Anne Lamott – the day after Nov. 13, 2015 Terrorist Actions in Paris, France I wish there was a website we could turn to called, “What it means, What is True, and What to do.” Lots of very tense religious people are going to insist that their Scripture answers all these questions. That’s nice. Lots […]
Stop Explaining Away Black Christian Forgiveness The Charleston families did not forgive to express the values of their race, but to be faithful to their God. Michael Wear/ June 24, 2015 http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/june-web-only/stop-explaining-away-black-christian-forgiveness.html?utm_source=ctdirect-html&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=9455965&utm_content=364391360&utm_campaign=2013&start=3 Forgiveness has been affirmed as mandatory for Christians by African American theologians, even during the Jim Crow era. Howard Thurman, an educator and […]
excellent article on Forgiveness of a Public figure, by David Brooks There’s something sad in Brian Williams’s need to puff up his Iraq adventures and something barbaric in the public response. The sad part is the reminder that no matter how high you go in life and no matter how many accolades you win, it’s […]
A few years ago, I went skiing with a friend, Jay, from my high school days, who lives in the Bay Area. We didn’t want to ski on slush, so we went to Mt. Rose in Nevada, outside Reno. Mt. Rose is about 10,000 feet altitude. As we were driving up the hill, I heard […]
Here are some of the quotations and highlights from my message, Sunday, on Overcoming AngerProverbs 15:1-7, 18 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every […]