Forgiveness Stories

Stories of forgiveness: victims and families who forgive, reconciliation after wrongs and grace that changes lives.

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medium.com > @hajatt50 > the-burden-of-being-a-good-person-61873e96fd4a

The Burden of Being a Good Person

7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (450+ words) The quiet struggle of who wants to do what is right for everyone. He said yes again, even though he was exhausted. He wanted to help. He always did. But on his way home, resentment crept in. Why did nobody notice…...


medium.com > @fearfullyandwonderfullymade > confession-learning-to-say-i-was-wrong-a710a69e3932

Confession: Learning to Say “I Was Wrong”

14+ hour, 16+ min ago   (528+ words) Scripture for this week: 1 John 1:9; Psalm 51:1–12; James 5:16; Matthew 5:23–24. This is part of the work I am bringing before God as I seek to become more like Jesus. I want my faith to reach the places where I am tempted to…...


medium.com > nudge-write > making-peace-with-your-past-3234a46a0216

Making Peace With Your Past

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (842+ words) One day, his mother goes with him to search for an apartment. While she talks to the landlord, Miles begs his mother for money to buy candy from a vending machine. On the way to the machine, he notices something;…...


medium.com > @tinghuenli > how-good-people-do-terrible-things-bb0d19dc3eba

How Good People Do Terrible Things

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (733+ words) Evil isn’t reserved for the bad You know the feeling. You consider yourself kind. But at work, you hide behind “policy” and “procedure” as excuse for not helping a struggling new colleague. Everyone around you is mocking someone who isn’t…...


emailmeditations.com > 10/06/2026 > 3389-you-can-take-it-with-you-2-2

3389) You CAN Take it With You (2/2)

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (359+ words) I’m not trying to sell you on anything. I’m not telling you how to spend or where to send your money. I am simply repeating some words from Jesus, and thinking through with you how, what Jesus said, can work…...


catholic.com > magazine > online-edition > but-what-if-my-loved-one-is-in-hell

But What If My Loved One Is in Hell?

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (232+ words) So we have the gospel, meaning literally “good news,” being turned into some strong-arming by God. However, for most who heard this, the most life-changing element was the eternal implication of following Christ. Yet now even this heavenly offer is…...


thegospelcoalition.org > article > retrieve-past-retain-truth

Retrieve the Past. Retain the Truth.

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (609+ words) But today, it is not unusual to find evangelical theologians, pastors, and laypeople focusing on the Early Church Fathers, the medieval theologians, the reformers, and the post-Reformation scholastics. These gestures toward theological “retrieval,” as it is often called, have produced…...


medium.com > @ritual_journal > its-not-the-thing-that-hurts-you-it-s-your-judgement-about-it-6f5f2bd0ea0a

It’s Not the Thing That Hurts You. It’s Your Judgement About It.

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (200+ words) The Marcus Aurelius line that I’d tape to every bathroom mirror if I could Written with AI assistance. Someone doesn’t reply …...


miamiarch.org > CatholicDiocese.php

ADOM:: ‘Give it up!’

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (465+ words) Although I was born in the greatest city in the world – Hialeah, Florida! – my family and I lived in one of Hialeah’s suburbs, Miami Lakes. I grew up in a town big enough to have great diversity but small enough…...


sasknow.com > 09/30/2026 > survivor-calls-for-learning-and-connection-at-reconciliation-event

Survivor calls for learning and connection at reconciliation event

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (510+ words) Gerald Ballantyne’s children are the first generation in his family who did not attend residential school. He wants them, and the wider community, to understand what the six generations before them experienced. The residential school survivor from Little Red River…...