A Wound and a Gift: Forgiveness and Restoration in Prison
For two men, one wrongly convicted and the other guilty of first degree murder, conversion to Christianity provides a way forward to forgiveness and restoration.
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Prie Dieu
Suffer me to return to you, / your throne a place for leniency. / I look to the sacred book for a guide / against the troubles of heaven and earth, / for they beset me.
The Midwest Winter as Spiritual Desert
In the midst of the hardest months of winter, ones marked with grief and emptiness, how can we trust that God is with us?
Rachel Miller Jacobs on Ordinary Time Forgiveness
Scholar Fridays is a weekly series where we highlight the work of Resident Scholars. Read our interview with Mennonite professor Rachel Miller Jacobs on everyday, or "quotidian forgiveness."
A Sacramental Farewell
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell explores how the mundane tasks of caregiving during her mother’s final days became rituals or ordinary sacraments that revealed traces of the divine.
Seeing the Other Side of the Death Penalty
The story of Amy Biehl and her parents illustrates the transformative gift and power of God’s love and forgiveness.
