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Community Today begins a whole new year as well as a new theme. January’s blogs will feature the topic of relationships. Why bother with them? They are unpredictable, messy and complicated. But even those who choose to live off grid and in the wild and untamed parts of the country cannot get away from having…

Thoughts About Our Offender Time alone does not heal all wounds. But time spent understanding our wounds does help us to heal. Considering what our thoughts are toward our offender is time well spent in our healing process. When we apply forgiveness to our offender it does not mean we invite them to become our…

A Natural Response As much as I wanted forgiveness to impact the lives of others, I first had to allow forgiveness to impact and embody me. After that, forgiveness became more of a natural thought process in how I respond to others. I don’t have to force the idea of forgiveness onto anyone, nor do…

Forgiveness Running Dry? I had a brother-in-law who used to say that guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. I’d like to say that a better gift to keep on giving is the gift of forgiveness. Forgiveness cannot be purchased, wrapped up and given as a gift. But, once we have experienced it for…