Category: Forgiveness

A National Apology to the Indigenous People of the U.S. again?

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The U.S. government officially apologized to the indigenous people of what is now the United States of America on December 19, 2009 but it was not publicized.  As a result, there will be a public reading of the apology on December 19, 2012 in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.  For more information […]

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Forgiveness Is Possible

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Pumla Gobodo- Madikizela, a coordinator for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1996 and a researcher on trauma and healing, reminds us that forgiveness is possible no matter the attrocity on Duke Divinity School’s blog Faith & Leadership.  She shares with us the lessons that she has learned from forgiveness and challenges the belief that the only […]

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Because We’ve Been Forgiven

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“Then Peter came to Him and said, ‘Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?’ ‘I tell you, not as many as seven,’ Jesus said to him, ‘but seventy times seven. For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king […]

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