Forgiveness, justice and reconciliation

Introduction I have long thought that when someone wrongs us, we should forgive them, not only for their sake, but also for our own. If we don’t forgive, the memory of the wrong can eat us up with bitterness—so we need to forgive, difficult though that can be, even if it is inappropriate or impossible […]

Flourishing life: Miroslav Volf

I grew up in the 1940s and 50s in a Baptist church in southern England where the main teaching goal seemed to be to get children of, say, seven or eight years old, to make a ‘decision for Christ’, after which a ‘decision seal’ (a round red sticker) would be inserted in the front of […]

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