Tag: forgiveness

Andy CastroLang recently wrote a thought-provoking article for SpokaneFāVS about forgiveness that forced me to address unforgiveness about an incident that occurred the day before I read her article.

As a university student, and a strong person of faith I want to take a moment to remind us all, active citizens of this nation we call home, of the one seemingly most overlooked and underappreciated practice: Forgiveness. Specifically, forgiveness in politics. 

So we can start the process of healing and forgiveness but I think we have to treat ourselves with gentleness. 

SpokaneFāVS (Spokane Faith & Values) will host its bimonthly Coffee Talk conversation Saturday, Aug. 5 at Saranac Commons (19 W. Main Ave, Spokane). Beginning at 10 a.m. a group of panelists will lead a community discussion about forgiving and forgetting.

Forgiving is something else entirely. I can forgive my bullies in the sense that I understand, more than I ever did or could back then, what might have compelled them to be so cruel to me.

When we reconcile, we reconcile to God and we move a step closer to being the people of God.

The Rev. Jim Voiss, of Gonzaga University, will explore “Rethinking Christian Forgiveness” in a presentation Oct. 27 in the McCarthey Athletic Center’s Herak Room at GU.