Walking the Path

“Walking the Path” is the name of a meditation in The Book of Forgiving by Archbishop Desmond Tutu1 and his daughter, Mpho Tutu. I took the words seriously because the authors both struggled with judging the civil conflict, violence and racial oppression of South Africa’s apartheid system on a personal and massive scale. “Walking the…

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Run With Focus

Something has led me to start researching a new book, tentatively called Time to Forgive? There’s a question mark in the title because I want it to be honest about how brutal the call to forgive can be, as well as how important it is to work toward, and how different people have moved in…

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Not for Wimps

Let’s say we believe deeply in God, as many of us do. More than that, at some time we might have prayed for God’s guidance, have experienced God’s presence, and/or have felt and responded to God’s love. What then? How can we stay in love with God?1 In 18th Century England, Christian reformer John Wesley…

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Choose Your Story

The story you tell about your experience as a victim can be your prison. But creating a new story, based on the same facts, can be the key to escaping it. None of us likes feeling trapped or imprisoned, so why would we create a story that locks us in? Forgiveness expert Dr. Fred Luskin1…

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