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The Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts
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An Encouraging Word: "I Don't Mean To Criticize, But..,"

The Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts (UMC)

Within our constellation of relationships we tend to be part of the problem or a part of the solution. Although we lack the wisdom and the right to become involved in the problems of everyone we meet, it is important for us to develop some understanding of why people are like they are, and how we can relate to problem people and people who have problems.

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The Rev. Shari L. Rates
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What's Love Got to Do With It?

1 John 3:16-24

4th Sunday of Easter - Year B

April 29, 2012

The Rev. Shari L. Rates (UMC)

What measure of love are we willing to extend to one another?

Through an extraordinary story, what Mary Johnson has been able to do within her lifetime speaks volumes about unconditional love under the anvil of forgiveness. In February of 1993, her 20-year-old son was shot in the head by Oshea Israel, a 16 year old, after an argument at a party in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally wanting to see justice, she turned her anger into compassion. Now she and Israel are next-door neighbors. Today, she counsels mothers of murdered children while he visits prisons and churches. He shares about forgiveness and reconciliation.

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September 11, 2011

An Exhortation to Forgiveness

Dr. Courtney Cowart (TEC)

On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Dr. Courtney Cowart--a 9/11 survivor and volunteer--offers an exhortation to forgive.
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July 31, 2011

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

The Rev. Martin Copenhaver (UCC)

The story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3 reminds us that excuses have no place in the Christian life. Because as Christians, we don't have to make excuses because we can't justify ourselves anyway--that's God's job. Instead, learn to practice forgiveness.

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Conversation with Phyllis Tickle - A 30 Good Minutes Interview

Phyllis Tickle (TEC)

Daniel Pawlus and Lydia Talbot in conversation with Phyllis Tickle, continuing on the topic of forgiveness.
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Forgiveness from the Heart - Phyllis Tickle on 30 Good Minutes

Phyllis Tickle (TEC)

Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence and The Divine Hours, reflects on forgiveness in the framework of Jesus' words in Matthew 5:14-15, following the Lord's Prayer: "If you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you." It is wise, she says, to stop and ask ourselves, "What if?" What if Jesus meant it, and what if we do, too?
The Rev. Martha Sterne
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June 04, 2009

What makes us Happy?

The Rev. Martha Sterne (TEC)

Happiness is not to be sniffed at.
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Healing the Past - Day1 Diner with Rev. Otis Moss III

It sounds so easy to say "I forgive you", but how do we really forgive.Hosted by Otis Moss III with Scott Black Johnston, Sherre Hirsch and Wyvetta Bullock. Day 1 Diner is a conversation on redemption, struggling with drugs and addiction, and family relationships
The Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Jr. Article

April 23, 2009

Dr. Ozzie Smith on This Week's Sermon

The Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Jr. (UCC)

The Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith provides a thoughtful response to this week's Day1 sermon by the Rev. Ben Anthony, "Folding Screens and Forgiveness."
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April 26, 2009

Folding Screens and Forgiveness

The Rev. Benjamin Anthony (TEC)

The Rev. Benjamin Anthony, Episcopal chaplain to Emory University in Atlanta, GA, recounts the story of the resurrected Christ's appearance to the disciples, and draws lessons on forgiveness from it.