Visiting Portland this past spring, we took the train downtown several times. We like architecture and often comment on the details of an entryway or cornice or the design of a window. On the fourth or fifth trip, we began to notice new aspects of the passing scene. On the first few trips, we’d been focused on not missing …
Tag Archives: Forgiveness
What Sin is This?
“But we were a classic American family. That’s what my father said. We’d gather at the dinner table and he’d say, ‘What a great American family!’” “And what was dinner like?” I leaned towards the young woman in the other chair. I’d been seeing her in therapy every week for a few months. “Dinner was …
Name That Sin
Forgiveness begins with, “What is the sin?” That is what God calls us to forgive. We start with identifying the thoughts/words/actions that convey indifference to needs. In its broadest sense, sin is that which is not love–not in our own or someone else’s best interests. Some of these happened to some of us. We need …