Forgiveness

Thou Shalt Not Abuse the Ten Commandments

Diana Butler Bass 9-29-2009

ABC's Nightline has been running a series on the Ten Commandments in which they explore the issues and dimensions of each commandment in contemporary society.

'Apology Porn' and Yom Kippur

Cathleen Falsani 9-28-2009

If there had been a way to power-wash my brain, I would have done it.

Proclaiming Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosures

Mark Van Steenwyk 9-28-2009

My 1.5 year old son Jonas broke his first law last month.

Applying Just Peace Theory to Obama's UN Speech

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-25-2009

Just peace theory is the middle way between pacifism and just war theory. It recognizes the moral force of nonviolence and the goal of a world that solves its disputes through nonviolent means.

'We Are Defined as a Nation by How We Treat Those Who Have Chosen to Hurt Us'

Ben White 9-11-2009

The decision by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to release on compassionate grounds the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has been ferociously and strongly condemned i

More Than Beer-Bottle Diplomacy

Edward Gilbreath 8-13-2009

It has now been a couple of weeks since President Obama convened what was infamously dubbed the "Beer Summit." You know the story by n

False Witness Redeemed: Forgiveness After 11 Years of Wrongful Conviction

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-15-2009

A white woman is raped by a black man in North

Carolina. During the assault, she studies his face, determined to bring him to justice. She later identifies a suspect both in photos and in-person line-ups. Only she's wrong.

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Mark Sanford's Apology: Neither Sin nor Forgiveness Has any Party Affiliations

Jim Wallis 7-02-2009

Over the course of the 2008 election season, I kept hearing from some of my conservative religious friends of the great presidential hopes they had for a smart and ambitious governor from South Car

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Do a New Thing: 20 Years After Spike Lee's Groundbreaking Film on Race in America

Edward Gilbreath 6-25-2009

It's hot in Chicago. Summer is officially doing its thing.

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A Father to the Fatherless

Soong-Chan Rah 6-19-2009

Father's Day has always been a bittersweet holiday for me. For most of my life, my father was absent, having abandoned our family when I was in elementary school.

Forgiveness 101

Steven Deutsch 6-01-2009

I appreciated Rose Marie Berger’s piece on forgiveness (“Just Forgive,” March 2009).

Torture: A Crime that Requires a Verdict

Jimmy McCarty 4-17-2009

Dear President Obama,

A Good Story: 'I'm Going to Kill You'

Bart Campolo 4-15-2009

I often tell people not to ask me for statistics because in this work all the statistics are bad. Ask me for stories instead, I say, because even in the worst of times I always have a good story.

Celebrating Easter Reconciliation: Alive and One in Christ

Mimi Haddad 4-13-2009

As we celebrate Easter and Christ's empty tomb, we recognize that Calvary changes everything!

U2's Sacred Pilgrimage: 'I Found Grace, It's All That I Found'

Cathleen Falsani 3-06-2009

Without a line on the horizon, we may feel like there is no limit to how far we can go. But it also makes the seas difficult to navigate.

Just Forgive

Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2009

Forgiveness is an act of will. Fake it until you make it.

There's Just Something About Madea

Cathleen Falsani 2-27-2009

The first three screenings of Tyler Perry's new film, Madea Goes to Jail, that I tried to go to last week were sold out. When I finally did get a ticket, I had one of the last single seats in the suburban theater where the 103-minute "dramedy" was playing on two screens simultaneously.