Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Last week we talked about love. This week (of all weeks!), can we also talk about one of the grittiest works of love: forgiveness? I remember reading about Corrie Ten Boom’s radical act of forgiveness when, in 1947, a former-Nazi guard from Ravensbruck, the camp where her sister Betsie died and where she suffered, approached her after […]

Deciding To Love

Deciding To Love

If you’re on social media, you’ve probably seen the phrase, “I don’t know you, but I love you.” How does that sit with you? It’s a definite improvement on “I don’t know you, but I hate you,” which I haven’t seen anywhere as a meme, but it is the basic sentiment behind most xenophobic communication. […]