It's not always easy, but these scriptures will inspire you. Let’s face it: Forgiving others (and yourself) is sometimes easier said than done. However, it doesn’t have to be. So the next time you ...

I began thinking about the religious significance of forgiveness while watching Van Jones’s CNN television series — “Redemption” — a few months back. There, crime victims or survivors interfaced with ...

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent You can find today’s readings here. “So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart.” (Mt 18:35) I ...

In our own day, we use Scripture for prayer and worship, and sometimes as a topic for academic study. It is easy to forget the versatile ways the Bible was used in Jesus’ day. It was a law code, a ...

(RNS) — In her new book, 'Forgiveness after Trauma,' Susannah Griffith writes that Christians often misapply forgiveness, especially in cases of abuse. (RNS) — When Susannah Griffith first sat down to ...

Christians are divided over whether Biden’s promise to cancel student debt is ethical and just from a scriptural standpoint. Once President Joe Biden followed up on his promise to cancel $10,000 to ...

Barber is president of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. He is author of We Are Called to Be a Movement. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove ...

There are many ways to hurt another person. There are also many ways to forgive that hurt. On an individual level, we can forgive ourselves or we can forgive others. Self-forgiveness is the experience ...

I think most of us think of forgiveness as a one-time event. For instance, when someone wrongs us, we forgive him, and this is the end of the story. Everybody moves on. Thus, forgiveness is an action, ...