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Forgiveness is hard, and it’s hard for Joseph’s brothers to trust it.
The corrosive power of regret
What does it take to find self-compassion and embrace self-forgiveness?
Stronger than all evil things
She fled her homeland as a child. Years later, she forgave God.
Episode 17: Activist Lisa Sharon Harper, author of Fortune
A conversation with public theologian and author Lisa Sharon Harper about enslavement and indentured servants, race laws, ubuntu, and more
Christian peacemaking and the role of forgiveness
Seeking justice is critical. Is it enough?
Why be Protestant?
Phillip Cary locates the heart of Protestantism in the gospel promise it reveals.
25 years after the Rwandan genocide, Denise Uwimana tells her story
A memoir about survival and the theological questions it raises
Trying to make amends
In Chigozie Obioma’s new novel, forgiveness is no light matter.
by Katy Scrogin
A former parishioner shows me the gospel
His life had emerged from chaos, but he didn't have a bad word for anyone.
by Samuel Wells
Kierkegaard in translation
The Danish philosopher thought faith had become too easy. This book doesn’t have that problem.
What is forgiveness, and is it good?
“In the wrong hands, forgiveness can become a kind of tyranny.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Marina Cantacuzino
Is it possible for two 12-year-olds to retain their innocence in a place like Auschwitz?
What is forgiveness, and is it always possible? Are there times when it is unwise? Is it even feasible when someone refuses to repent? These are some of the questions James Voiss takes up in his astute analysis of forgiveness.
One day, as I considered my routine of pills and naps and exercises, I saw that it is not unlike praying the hours.
Some suggest the tragedy in Charleston would have been averted if Pastor Clementa Pinckney had been carrying a gun. The victims' families showed us another way.
When Jeanne Bishop learned of her sister's murder, she found herself saying aloud, "I don't want to hate anybody."
reviewed by Heidi Haverkamp