Worship for September 13, 2020 -- Lessons for Hard Times: Forgiving without Expectation

“ …any decent apology begins with acknowledging this reality: that what has been taken away can’t be given back. Now that doesn’t mean wounds can’t be transformed – that’s why we follow Christ in the first place, but first there is this. The debt can’t be repaid.”

Here are some of my favorite resources on forgiveness that have helped inform my understanding over the years: Beyond Revenge, a book my Michael McCullough, and not to be missed, The Forgiveness Project.

The film I referenced was Smoke Signals from 1998. And the poem at the end of the film comes from the book Ghost Radio by Dick Lourie.

We are indebted to The Work of the People for their incredible visual art offerings including the audio recording of today’s Prayers of Intercession. The video is worth watching: Earth as the Original Sacrament.

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Readings 15:49 Sermon 23:35 Prayers 39:10

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