Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

Boxer Refuses to Be Consumed by Bitterness

On June 17, 1966, two black men strode into the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, and shot three people to death. Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, ...

Boy Offers Grace Through a Valentine

Sonya Reeder writes in an issue of Christian Parenting Today:

One night after supper, [my son] Chase sat down in the living room to begin the task of signing ...

Japan Searches for Atonement

In two full pages of advertisement, the Japanese government declared its desire to right wrongs committed in World War II. The Asian Women's Fund, ...

Husband Forgives Wife's Stealing

Friends of ours grew up in the church and have a fine house, sweet kids, and good jobs. But the wife has an emotional/mental problem. She periodically ...

Forgiving the Unforgivable Is Hard

Forgiving the unforgivable is hard. So was the cross: hard words, hard wood, hard nails.

—William S. Stoddard

McCain Struggles to Forgive Captors

Twenty-five years after being released from the Vietnamese jail where he was imprisoned as a POW for five years, John McCain visited Vietnam with his ...

Forgiveness Is Costly

There is one eternal principle which will be valid as long as the world lasts. The principle is--Forgiveness is a costly thing. Human forgiveness is costly. ...

On Par with Your Enemy?

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

The Healing Power of Forgiveness

Ronald Reagan's attitude after the 1981 attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis: "The following day my father said ...