“Resentment is like drinking poison — and expecting the other person to die.” — Paula Bloom It is not necessarily what happens to us but our reaction to what happens that may cause us the most harm.

Is it easier to love than to forgive? Think about this question for a few seconds. It seems like loving someone comes more naturally than forgiving someone who has wronged us, even if it’s the person ...

In this Sunday’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah writes, “Our God is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord” (Is 55:7-8). We humans ...

He was not a young soldier. Not a private, first class. He’d risen through the ranks, the equivalent of a captain or major today. Scripture identifies him only as “the centurion,” obviously a strong, ...

Last week, stories about local pastor Mark Bidwell could be found all over the Internet and on the nightly news. As we already know, the story is the textbook definition of scandalous. It has sex. It ...

To err is human, to forgive divine, wrote the poet Alexander Pope. I could not agree more. To forgive is divine. It is also next to impossible. Yet, even in today's world, torn as it is by tales of ...

Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt but without ...