Christian Educators' Journal

Items tagged forgiveness

• Sunshine after the storm

  A family endures a painful situation to discover the enduring beauty of God's grace.

• Waiting for Madison

  Attending the January 11 homecoming party for recently pardoned Death Row inmates was a practical lesson in the value of fighting against corrupt, life-taking systems.

• It takes 'two to tango' and I'm a willing partner

  A married woman struggles with a strong attraction to another man.

• Repentance and peace in Ireland

  An exploration of repentance in the context of Northern Ireland offers insight into a complex healing process.

• The pivotal apology

  Can we earn salvation through the act of repentance?

• Giving grace

  Forgiveness has healing power, with or without apologies.

• Remembering how

  A recounting of lately stumbled-upon wisdom regarding grace, redemption and forgiveness.

• Forgiveness and responsibility

  Experiences with family and community reveal lessons about forgiveness and the ways in which we fight those lessons.

• Quiet revenge

  As a response to injury, could vengeance and forgiveness be two sides of an attempt to solve the same problem?

• Small town grudge

  Citizens of Farmland, Indiana, past and present: get ready to get over it.

• Forgiving at church

  A story that demonstrates the need for forgiveness even within faith communities.

• Loophole

  On the human tendency toward preemptive repentance.

• Goodbye

  A eulogy for Ferrari Mundy (Winter 1989-Summer 2007).

• The secret lives of dresses, Vol. 1

  On the memories that can become woven into the fabric of our clothing.

• Safe at home

  A mother considers the relationship between safety and community in her household.

• Lights and darks

  A single mother living with her parents puts a few thoughts on the proverbial clothesline for examination.

• Moving in grace

  A time of transition yields lessons about identity and forgiveness.

• Defense (clap, clap) defense!

  A review of The Reason for Sports: A Christian Fanifesto by Ted Kluck.

• Save a seat

  On discovering the weight of the sacred meal.

• What a friend we have in guilt

  On falling in with the wrong crowd after a misstep.

• Going to the chapel

  On doing things differently, without failing to speak the language of tradition.

• Wedding photos (l-r): Joy, Pain, Forgiveness

  Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.

• Fact vs. truth

  A childhood of gathering evidence gives way to an adulthood of storytelling.

• The lie of perfection

  On giving politicians permission to tell the truth.

• Little sinners

  On educating children in the ways of grace.