Forgiving Other Generations May Be Necessary In Order to Forgive Our Partner
In his excellent piece, “The Process of Forgiveness in Marriage and the Family,” psychologist Dr. Paul W.Coleman offers an important insight: “Often, a spouse may have to forgive a parent or grandparent before he or she can fully forgive his or her partner. As a rule of thumb,the longer a marriage problem has existed despite[…]
Deepwater Horizon
Luke 5:1-11 offers us the compelling narrative of Jesus calling his first disciples. Jesus comes into the story as the place, the person, in whom heaven and earth meet. He perceives the same horizon running through another as he encounters Simon. When Jesus says, “Let’s set out into the deep water and let down[…]
“I See You”
“He has sent me to proclaim sight to the blind.”–Luke 4:18 My friend Susan lived with her family on the African continent for a number of years. She fondly remembers the way people in Botswana customarily greeted each other in the midst of daily life: “I see you!,” they would say, taking care to make[…]
