In my novel A Summer in Shady Springs, my main character has been hurt badly by Christians. So badly, in fact, that she and her mother decide to change hometowns and never come back to church. That might seem extreme, but I’ve met people—and I bet you have too—who either drifted away or stormed out…
Tag: forgiveness
70 times 7 Forgiveness by Floss Craig
How many times do you forgive someone for the same offence before turning your back on them? (I’m not talking about abuse.) Jesus’s 70 times 7 seems unrealistic to us humans. Right? Long ago, the prophet Hosea endured years in which his wife Gomer’s unfaithfulness defied God’s laws of marriage—not once, not twice, but at…
Facets of Forgiveness by Jo-Anne Berthelsen
I can still remember the night many years ago now when, as a fifteen-year-old, I came to understand and experience God’s love. I had learnt about God in church and other places, but never realized God knew me or cared about me. That night, my life changed in a radical way. It blew my mind…
Deck the Soul with Boughs of Forgiveness by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MFA
(AUTHOR’S NOTE: I originally wrote this article one Christmas, but I believe it applies throughout the year.) CHRISTMAS! The word evokes many feelings, depending on our experiences. For some, Christmas is a happy time, filled with beautiful memories and joyful expectations. For others, Christmas is a depressing time, a season one wants “to get over…
Our Need to Forgive by Kathy McKinsey
Most of us are well aware of our own need for forgiveness. Many of us also suffer from our need to forgive others. The stories in my new book, Gifts of Grace, deal with both these issues. In “As We’ve Been Loved,” Tammy fights to forgive her daughter-in-law, who abandoned Tammy’s son and grandson when…
Forgiveness and Light by Christina Sinisi ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
For those of you who don’t know me (probably most of Jenni’s readers—nice to meet you), I’m a psychology professor as well as a writer of Christian romance. This week, in my Positive Psychology class, I lectured about forgiveness. Coincidentally, forgiveness is one of the main themes of my Christmas novella, The Christmas Confusion, published…
Bullying Mentality
Forgive others their trespasses. For they know not what they do. People may have knowingly or unknowingly hurt me in the past but I want to forgive them wholeheartedly. If people put me down, ignored me, or made me feel unwanted, they did so out of their own hurts. They were seeking to make…