The mere daily act of asking for forgiveness is unique, and its ramifications as a silent ministry have the potential to be profound. [Click title to read more.]
Category: forgiveness
How To Be Authentically “No-Drama” Believers
Church drama is more often than not a hydra-headed monster. It might initially be caused by a particular incident or person, but over time it becomes a labyrinthine mess of believers behaving badly, all contributing to the problem without ever owning part of it. [Click title to read more.]
Let’s Take The Confession of Sins Seriously
For a lot of us,the confession of sin isn't sobering at all. It's something we just sort of...do. Like showering. It is habit. It is flippant. As we go about it we lack, in some cases, a serious sense of shame, and acknowledge our sins in the same sort of way we acknowledge we bite our fingernails. [Click title to read more.]
Forgiveness For Your Invisible Sins Matters
Here's the peril: I don't think we value the forgiveness of "small" sins. [Click title to read more.]
What It Really Means To Overlook Offense
We Christians like to think we're good at forgiving. We aren't, for a lot of reasons. [Click title to read more.]
Why Forgiveness Is More Complex Than We Imagine
Forgiveness is an act which encompasses much more than saying "that's okay", and we understand that instinctively when we ask for it: we want a chance to prove ourselves, to show we are more than our misbehavior, to not have an act or a series of acts define our identities or others' perceptions of us. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 