Communities, institutions and belonging |
Why we continue to
seek security and permanence in the ideals of community and friendship, and how
institutional attitudes disfigure and undermine this |
Compassion and the posture of blame |
How
carers can be drawn unintentionally into an unforgiving 'posture,' whereas compassion
involves solidarity with disempowered people |
Discipline without destruction
by Don Baker |
Extract
from a true story of restoration in a church congregation |
Forgiveness: Why and How by
Pascal Baute |
A
practical step-by-step aid to forgiving |
Good judgement
and bad judgement |
Becoming
a better judge, and not being afraid of the idea of 'judgement' because we may experience
many bad examples of it |
Growing into deeper spirituality |
Exploring the
overall shape and direction of human spirituality fom the perspective of deepening or
going further - seeing what in it is central and what is superficial |
Hard work and belonging |
Repentance
and forgiveness in the well-beloved story of 'The Prodigal Son' |
How Christ delivers reconciliation |
A
more theological reflection on the 'atonement' of Jesus, exploring why forgiveness is at
the centre of Christian faith |
Love and forgiveness in 1 Corinthians |
We
should not portray love as sentimental - putting love to the 'final test' of forgiveness
|
On not excluding others |
Forgiveness
as the core attitude in helping religious groups to combine strong identity with openness
and mature tolerance |
| Should forgiveness be
unconditional? |
Core article |
Taking sides against evil |
(Written
after the terrorist attacks in September 11) Forgiveness spurs us to take sides with
every misbehaving person as well as every 'acceptable' person - against the negative
forces driving them |
| Testing two forgiveness programs
by Ken Hart and others |
A
clinical trial examining the impact of two types of forgiveness-promoting interventions
upon emotional well-being and spiritual outcomes, one secular and one spiritual |
| The dimensions of forgiveness |
Core article |
The masculine-feminine spectrum in
spirituality |
Recognising
the renewed emphasis on being 'humanly holy' in today's spiritual seeking |
The 'no-name' game |
How
to respond to grumblers and gossips in a forgiving and creative way |
The place of anger in enduring love |
An
exploration of the good as well as the bad sides to anger in 'real' relationships, and
understanding the meaning of 'righteous anger' |
| The power to initiate forgiveness |
Core article |
The values implied by forgiveness |
The
network of values and priorities which go with commitment to forgiveness, and the ethic or
view of goodness they contain |
Unforgiven - the movie |
An account of the
Oscar-winning film which depicts a 'world of sin,' and reveals some fundamental areas of
our lives which need forgiveness |
What motivates us to forgive? |
Exploring
non-religious motivators to forgive, plus an overview of religious motivators |
You are forgiven |
How
forgiveness deals with the past, and helping us into a self-sacrificing acceptance of
blame (exploring what is unique in Christianity's account of forgiveness) |
