Letting Go, Getting Free
How might we each, in the words of Christian theologian and ethicist Lewis Smedes, practice the notion that “to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”?
Topic: Forgiveness
“An Exercise in Forgiveness “
We will talk about the different kinds of forgiveness, where we hold it, the benefits of it and what it looks like for each of us.
Our Better Angels?
What on earth was Abraham Lincoln imagining when he referred to the “better angels of our nature” in his first Inaugural address in 1861 and, four years later, in his second Inaugural, when he urged “malice toward none and charity for all”?
The Rev. Carter … read more.
Forgiveness
How do we get over the pain of being hurt or betrayed? The road to forgiveness is one of the hardest to travel in life because we carry our wounds so deeply.
When we hit life’s potholes, we sometimes have blowouts. When this happens, we have a … read more.
On Finding Hope and Courage to Face Challenging Times
What is our case for hope? Given all that’s going wrong in the world today, do we have cause for hope?
We could recite the litany of challenging things that need to be addressed, and the list only seems to grow. But are there soul-filled real … read more.