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cardinal

posted by adam on 02.15.2007

I was reminded today of the cardinal rule of speaking truth. A mentor told me this: before and after you speak what you believe to be truth, you should engage in what he called “the labor of prayer.”
I did not do that (either before or after) posting this week. I apologize.
I’m sure some of what […]

prayer, forgiveness | 1 comment »

thoughts on forgiveness

posted by adam on 11.20.2006

“…I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man’s actions, but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the sin but not the sinner.
“For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did but […]

forgiveness, quote | 1 comment »

agreed

posted by adam on 09.19.2006

From Mike Cope’s blog:
“Several fundamentalist Muslims, angered by the Pope’s statements that some parts of Islam are violent, have responded in violent retaliation. Thankfully, many moderates of their faith are pointing out the tiny inconsistency in their objections.”

forgiveness, other blogs | 1 comment »

sad and confused

posted by adam on 09.05.2006

Over the past week two of my readers have been taking me to task. In response to a post expressing the idea that love is the greatest possible weapon against hate, they have asserted that I am a hypocrite, selfish, dishonest, a liar, a gossip and generally ignorant in the nature of love. Clearly these […]

forgiveness, relationship | 2 comments »

the real

posted by adam on 09.03.2006

“Only when we have come in touch with our own life experiences and have learned to listen to our inner cravings for liberation and new life can we realize that Jesus did not just speak, but that he reached out to us in our most personal needs. The Gospel doesn’t just contain ideas worth remembering. […]

forgiveness, relationship, church | no comments »

tension

posted by adam on 06.22.2006

“God will know how to draw glory even from our faults. Not to be downcast after a fault is one of the marks of true sanctity.”

—Dom Augustin Guillerand

I believe the above quote is both true and very difficult to live up to. This is hard because there is a tension in understanding the severity of […]

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choosing forgiveness

posted by adam on 03.06.2006

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins,” (Matthew 6:14-15).
Simple equation. You forgive, you get forgiven. You refuse to forgive, you don’t. Said another way, the degree of forgiveness you […]

forgiveness, dependence | 1 comment »